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Written by Robbie Lynn Giles - View Profile
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Thursday, 08 February 2007 |
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My daughter called me today at 2:23 to tell me about Anna Nicole Smith's sudden death. Shortly thereafter, I started receiving text messages from my friends, reporting the same news.
Two years ago I dressed up as Anna Nicole for Halloween and I've been know to deliver an over-the-top imitation of her slurring her way through an MTV awards presentation. I thought my friends associated me with Anna Nicole and that was why they were frantically spreading the news. But, that wasn't it. There was something about Anna Nicole, some sort of tragic familiarity that made her the center of attention, good and bad. Mostly bad.
When her son died in September, I stopped doing my Anna Nicole routine. He was only two years younger than my own son. I couldn't imagine enduring that kind of pain by itself, but she had the added burden of a new baby and the constant media attention. If stress alone can kill a person, that kind of stress would have done me in the first week.
I certainly didn't consider Anna Nicole a role model. I didn't consider her a creative talent. I didn't really consider her to be anything, but famous. She was famous for marrying a rich old man. She was famous for her numerous court battles. She was famous for getting fat. She was famous for getting thin. She was famous for her vulnerability.
Though Anna Nicole was beautiful, she was "weakness" personified, and I think that's why we loved to hate her. We made her famous so we could feel better about ourselves. I'm not saying that fame killed her. That would be too cliche. She died from the same thing that made her famous. She was human. And so are we. And, I suppose that's why I'm sad. | |
Well said...
Written by Pikachu on 2007-02-09 08:48:07
I agree. It is sad that at the end of her life she felt like a hated person. I read another blog that claimed, God takes out the trash every once in a while (speaking of her death), and it was heartbreaking to read such a horrible thing about someone who they don't even know.
Anna Nicole Smith was not my idea of a role model either, but everyone deserves some empathy and sypathy. And if you can't even get it after you die, that says more about us than her... |
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