[Roman]

Originally Posted by pepelepew

Thanks Roman for the translation. I don't remember Alizee being described as ill tempered although she has responded with sign language with the paperazi on several occasions. She has stated on numerous occasions being strong willed and knowing what she wants. I wouldn't want to be the focus of her when she does go off though. I bet she can be a pistol when she gets fired up. She would probably be cute even then.

"You're beautiful when you're angry"
I know of two occasions. I don't think I'd say several, but anyway...

I have recently read her say in another interview that she has a "sale caractère". That's quite different from her reputation, certainly from when she was a teenager especially. I always wondered about that. We didn't know, so we gave her the benefit of the doubt. Well, now we know, or so she says anyway.

Originally Posted by Bigdan

reperer ( in this case) :"Spotted"
You have to know about Corsican relation with France in the past and still today, to understand what she allude to...
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Thanks. I wasn't quite sure about reperer because it makes it sound like Mylène discovered Alizée after she did Moi... Lolita or something. But then you never know know what absurd mistakes "journalists" might make.

I know that there were some in Corsica (or maybe still are) who are separatists and don't want to be part of France and I know that there are some violent feuds primarily between different families or different groups in Corsica. There was some bombing in the 90s. But yeah, I don't really have an idea how one might actually take some of those statements that she makes or what life might be like there. I don't suppose I can know without either living through it or some very detailed and drawn out description. Anyway, thanks for the attempts people.

I like Alizée, but I realize sometimes just how different her life has been and thus how little I can probably actually relate to her. I don't know. I suppose it might be like, some things one can easily make a connection on, but I'd be quite out of place in at least some situations, meeting her family or something. Of course, I'm a total foreigner, albeit, the French and American cultures share many commonalities and even a lot of each other's more specific cultures (Americans like "French" stuff and vice versa). Still, I tend to think that there is more difference between individuals or individual families than, for example, France and California. Corsica may be one of the more particular places in that sense.

How does one compare large countries? I guess one could talk about "typical" Americans, but seriously, I was just listening to a podcast about the Amish and I'm pretty sure they are as different from the typical American as any group in any part of France or Europe. There are around 100,000 Amish in the states (about a third the population of Corsica).

We spend so much time thinking about Alizée and consequently hearing about (and paying attention to) Corsica, it gives one the desire every so often to know the place (and the people).