You’re not Marilyn so stop trying
In lieu of the Marilyn Monroe sex tape that has been bought (http://www.nypost.com/seven/04142008/news/regionalnews/hard_core_marilyn_106443.htm), I figured I’d post about the trend of today’s young actresses attempting to emulate Marilyn, and well, basically failing. Marilyn is an icon for the ages, and I can understand why actresses want to be an icon and sex symbol like her. But the problem is that they can’t. There is only one Marilyn Monroe, and they need to stop trying to be her. Take for example, Lindsay Lohan (who is a repeat offender on attempting to be like an older actress. I’m talking about you, Ann Margaret). She did those photos based on Marilyn’s last nude shoot for New York Magazine and basically compared herself to Marilyn (although I fail to see the similarities). If anything, those photos made Lindsay look even older, a feat not that difficult since her hard partying ways (and attempts to stop those ways) already do that. But I can’t just yell at Lindsay since Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears, Anna Nicole, and I’m sure countless other actresses are attempting to be this generation’s Marilyn. Just stop. Why can’t we let the dead stay dead? Why does our society and entertainment industry feel that they need to keep using dead celebrities to hock their products? (Don’t even get me started on those Audrey Hepburn GAP ads). I understand that this may be some strange way to respect the dead, but I think we can just as easily respect and admire them without using their images for everything. Let the dead be. And to all the young actresses out there, create your own persona and stop trying to be Marilyn. Or better yet, try being a good actor for a change. That would really be a nice change of pace.
Random obsession of the day: The Big Lebowski and white russians (to coincide with my suitemate Jen and mine’s craving to watch the movie and have said drinks).
