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Originally Posted by eru777
Oh, so it's been there from 2012..I didn't notice till now. Thanks for pointing it out. The thread is so long I haven't really read it all. (Plus many of the pictures are dead cuz it's been so long)
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I've been working my way through the entire thread - it is extremely long but there is a lot of great posts. It's worth it.
The machine gun girl might mean something to Alizee, and maybe that is all that matters to her, but the lack of thought into how it (and the others) would affect her professional life has come to an unfortunate conclusion.
The entertainment biz is so competitive that to succeed you need an edge. We all know what Alizee's edge was. I am a shorts and tee-shirt kind of guy, but in my profession, the cleaner cut and better dressed I am, the more of an edge I have over my peers. Image is everything. She might not have been totally comfortable with the image that MF/LB had her portray, but it propelled her to fame and gave her a life that millions upon millions of young people can only dream about.
To go off on a tangent here briefly, I have two sons that are around your age. They are both good looking young men (like their dad - ha!) who have dated and dated and want to settle down, but cannot find the right one. The older one has already come to the conclusion that he will have to settle with a girl much less than ideal to get married. The old Alizee represented something that I believe men are biologically attracted to - a female that is not ashamed of her femininity, soft with a natural beauty, beautiful curves, gentle. Soft spoken and not obnoxious. Caring, giving, nurturing. Someone you would step in front of a bullet to protect.
The tattoos brings confusion into the mix. She might have those traits that I just listed, but they put an element of doubt into the minds of those that suddenly see them after loving her for who she was. If I decided to pierce my eyebrow or nose and wear a post and went into work dressed in my business suit, I know I am the same guy inside, but it would be foolish to expect my peers, and especially management, would not notice and that it wouldn't be a factor in future promotion opportunities.
For me, I will love this girl even if she decided to swim in a tank of ink. But, she sabotaged her career because the tattoos killed her edge and she had to rely on pure talent after that. And frankly, there are a lot of fantastic singers and dancers in this world that are as good or better than her.
Enough for now.