It Was The Best Butter

[poliphilo]

I'm not particularly fond of my younger self- and if people kept coming up to me expecting me to be just like him I'd get cross.

It must be horrid to be middle-aged and still famous for something you did when you were a gobby kid. You'd feel trapped, like you couldn't move on. It would be like carrying a corpse around.

And maybe that's the reason- aside from the money, aside from wanting to prolong his fame- why Johnny Rotten did that stupid butter ad.  He wanted to ditch the cadaver.

He wanted to upset his fans.

And yes, it's always sad when a hero sells out.

Simple remedy: don't have any heroes in the first place.

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't think any hero can be safely confirmed in their heroic status until after they're dead. It's a bit like sanctity, really- the claim has to be tested, the evidence sifted, the durability of the reputation ascertained. Most heroes are controversial in their own time- even Hercules and Cuchulain probably were.

[oakmouse]

I don't doubt they were, to the extent that news passed far enough for the controversy to be more than a local fuss.

You're probably right. Only we do have the bad habit of looking for live heroes!