I suppose we are responsible for creating these monsters. You know.....the ones we originally admire until they get totally out of hand. Whether they be actors or sports figures we are the ones who supported them and when they disappoint us we seem to be caught up in the sagas........I have been around for a long time now and certainly know that before all this obsessive media attention the same things were going on........This week our newspapers, internet, magazines and television has had more Lindsey Lohan than we ever wanted to see. It's all so sad as just over five years ago I, for one, enjoyed her movies and saw her as having so much promise. Her downward sprial has been pushed in our faces and into those who really didn't know who she was.....She is certainly will be remembered for years to come.
In the late 30's and early 40's there was a beautiful and talented actress named Frances Farmer. Like Lindsey, her limited movie roles showed the signs of a great actress, as with Lindsey, Frances got caught up in scandal, substance abuse and jail time that her career did not survive. My Mother who was born during this time had never heard of her until the books and movies decades later. She was about five to ten years old at the time. Today as so many parents try to shield their 5 to 10 year olds from Lindsey's antics. To completely shield them, a parent would have to prevent them from ever seeing a newpaper, magazine, television. There could not be any internet time or listening to the radio. I can go on an on.
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