la la lohan – how could you possibly dissapoint the public even more than you already have?

my dissapointment in la la lohan-

while surfing the online journals today i came across new york magazine’s article/photo shoot, shot by BERT STERN (just lost a lot of respect for you buddy – great idea, poor execution), covered by Amanda Fortini.

As I sit here, listening to Lou Reed, I am reminded of a generation of musicians, actors, models, and socialites who didn’t fuck around. Lou Reed is still kicking after years of rampant substance abuse and is still reliable, producing some fairly respectable and enthralling work.

In her abbreviated 36 years, Marilyn Monroe created an identity, a body of work, and a reputation – none of which were constant, all of which she committed to wholeheartedly, and ultimately to her demise. And although she cannot continue to reinvent herself, as other ageless transcendents have done (Bowie, Twiggy, Madonna, et al) few have reached the iconic status of Marilyn Monroe.

Perhaps the status she has achieved is due in part by the fact that her prolific life was cut so short, as other young icons like James Dean, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, the rest of the 27-cursers, or perhaps it is because she lived so unabashedly, offering little or no apologies for her behavior which would never have been scrutinized by the public had she been allowed more privacy.

Regardless of all this, the woman lived up to her fame, delivered a bevy of immortal images from her films to her print work, and will forever be publicly beloved.

What I want to know is how Lindsay Lohan fits in all of this.

According to Fortini, Stern “was interested in Lohan because he suspected “she had a lot more depth to her” than one might assume from “those teenage movies.” Indeed, many in the film industry believe that Lohan has yet to pursue projects equal to her gifts. Without putting too fine a point on it, you might say Lohan has, like Monroe, a knack for courting the tabloids and tripping up her career…Stern said the project also grew out of his interest in “controversial women,” or “bad girls,” like “Britney, Paris, and Lindsay.” Monroe was, in a sense, the original tabloid queen.”

The images of Lohan look hollow, contrived, and boring. They lack the urgency and intensity of Monroe, and I believe it’s blasphemy of sorts for Stern to even propose this project.

no thank you.

Monica Corcoran on the same subject.

~ by lydiasee on February 19, 2008.