Why God, oh why do we have reinvent ourselves? Act as if this is something to prove ourselves fearless?
Maybe I'm jealous that JF looks better in drag than I do as a real woman? Nah, in the looks department, as a woman, I'd run circles around him with a runny nose, in ratty joggers, and no make-up.
Look hats off for going there JF, maybe now I can take you seriously as an actor. I mean you are following in the steps of Patrick Swayze (RIP),Wesley Snipes, and John Leguizamo. Actually maybe the latter two aren't such good examples of the Hollywood Drag Game. I mean the only thing I think of now with them is tax evasion and Ice Age 3.
The image is artsy ...sort of but it tries to be more provocative to me than anything. When you are actually trying for a controversial reaction, that's where you lose me. The best controversy is unexpected. Intentional controversy is the equivalent of that bad kid on Super Nanny acting out because his daddy is too busy at the job to spend time with them -- it's all about attention.
But we are a society that thrives on controversy and shock value. When someone takes it all the way there, then you can't "throw salt in a playa's game." You might not agree with it, but you have got to tip the proverbial hat.
I guess I don't have problem with what JF did at all maybe just all the possible secret reasons about why it could have been done.
This actually brings to mind a brilliant poem written by a once great troubadour of the previous century...
The lights are on
But you're not home
Your mind is not your own
Damn it! That's not the poem I had in mind. Curse you Robert Palmer!
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