What's Sauce For The Goose...

[poliphilo]

Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones is having his autobiography serialised in the Mail.

(No, I don't buy the Mail. My in-laws do and they give us their old copies to line the rabbits' litter trays)

Ron is a bad boy. He and George Harrison (no, not my saintly George!) did a bit of wife swapping back in the day, Keith Richards drew a derringer on Ron, so he drew his Magnum, the whole pack of them were gobbling down Class A drugs like there was no tomorrow.

And it builds the legend. This is what rockers do. 

But if a little girl like Britney tries to live like a Rolling Stone- phew- the moralising, the long lenses, the lip-licking disapproval.

I'm not saying I like it how Britney is living her life- or Kate Moss or Amy Winehouse. All I'm saying is- equality of censure.

Comments

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

It seems that we forgive all sorts of bad and strange behaviour in those we consider geniuses. Eric Gill, Dylan Thomas, Jimi Hendrix, Salvador Dali... t
There is a theory that bipolar disorder is very much linked to artistic creativity and that's why so many very bright and creative people are at best flamboyant and at worst self-destructive. Booze and drugs and general risk taking are attempts to self-medicate the depressive periods. However, britney is just a manipulated little girl who had been given everything she wanted, and is not smart enough to figure out that not everything she wanted is good for her. Kids like that need protection.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

"Kids like that need protection".

Yes.

And it's a old, old story. Being a child star is a bit like playing Russian roulette. Some of them come through, but a lot don't make it- or at least not with their sanity intact.

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

ah. The dangers of being beautiful. It could have been me but thankfully I was also too smart to become a teen icon.

Re: IMHO...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It sounds like you've got an interesting story to tell....