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Originally Posted by Nafas
Please explain the symbolism in Mademoiselle Juliette. I know black and white tiles, check[er]board formation are masonic symbols, but I dont know what it means... also the venezian masks, what do they mean? is it a symbol for having no soul or personalitiy, like robots?
i dunno, plz help me 
- Nafas |
Thank you for your interest in the arcane but I hope strangely plausible <a href="http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/o/docdtv/Alizee/">readings</a> I try to do of Alizée's public persona and her artistic endeavors. (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Paglia">Camille Paglia</a> has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dibs">"dibs"</a> on Madonna - and takes herself too seriously - so I decided to work on the Corsican girl.
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Sadly, I have not had the time to complete a thorough essay about <i>Mademoiselle Juliette</i>. Who knows when I will? But other people have put forth ideas here at AAm which you can read. (Use the "search" function to find them.) And it seems you are actively thinking about these things yourself. Perhaps you will write the best explanation!
<table width="75%" align="center" border="5" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><center><i><big>Mademoisel le Juliette</big></i></center>
<i>...I go into that mansion as a visitor. At the foundation of Romeo and Juliette, there are two families: The Montagues and the Capulets. I didn't want to portray the boring story of their battle, so the families are represented by two colours: white and black. Juliette doesn't want to choose between the two and in the end she only makes one.
In the song, Juliette completely doesn't care about her guy, what she wants is just to have fun. The guys are therefore excluded. There are only girls having the party so in fact its possible to imagine things. Its not explicit, each person has the right to his or her own interpretation. I like it when people put their points of view forward.</i>
-Alizée in <i>Tribu move</i>, <a href="http://alizeeamerica.com/forums/showpost.php?p=88233&postcount=1">circa 2008.01</a>.</td></tr></table>
If you accept what is written in this new <i>Libération Next</i> article, Alizée herself would <a href="http://alizeeamerica.com/forums/showpost.php?p=153597&postcount=22">deny</a> imbuing a deep meaning to the work over which she has had dominant control (including only two albums so far) and also would modestly remind you that she departed school before earning her French <i>Bac</i>. But I'd argue that artistic theory is <i>more</i> concerned with the meanings we can find in art to illuminate life, than with what even the actual artist consciously intended to suggest with a particular work. In other words, the art critic can be an artist as well!
<table width="75%" align="center" border="5" cellpadding="5"><tr><td><i>When one sings a song written by someone else, whether it be Mylène or Jean Fauque, one discovers months after yet other interpretations, and one says to oneself, "Neat, I never thought it could be interpreted like that!"</i>
-Alizée in <i>Tribu move</i>, <a href="http://alizeeamerica.com/forums/showpost.php?p=88233&postcount=1">circa 2008.01</a>.</td></tr></table>
On behalf of Alizée, I thank you for buying the deluxe package of <i>UEdS</i>, which I hope you will enjoy.
Most of all, I hope you will get more people in Holland interested in Alizée's work, so that the number of her patrons can continue to grow.
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Subject: Hollywood cameo role: The JBG as femme fatale Las Vegas croupier!
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Originally Posted by Deepwaters
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GEEK AND POKER CHAMPION
...The ex-Lolita, did you know, is: super good at video games, a real geek, into golf which she plays with her husband, and above all, poker champion, who already beat “all of Jérémy’s pals.”
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Well, how do you like that? I am surprised that youngsters like Alizée play something as <i>old-fashioned</i> as card games - until I reflect on the psychological dimension of sharing physical space with other players! It would seem our favorite "minx" is probably also a "sphinx"!
Anyway, this puts an entirely new light on my post last month on <a href="http://alizeeamerica.com/forums/showpost.php?p=151496&postcount=14"><i>Alizée playing cards</i></a>, especially the last paragraph. Deal me in, boys!
P.S. Add one more reason for getting married in Nevada! And with all respect to Barry Manilow, I'd much prefer to see Alizée headlining at <a href="http://www.parislasvegas.com/"><i>Paris Las Vegas</i></a>. Besides, the shorter the entertainer, the more the half-size <i>Tour Eiffel</i> resembles the original!