Hilarious and Honest, Forthright and Sad Celebrity Profiles
A month or so ago, I read an interview with Lindsay Lohan that was so surprisingly entertaining that I must mention it here.
Andrew Goldman interviewed and scribed the Lohan piece for Elle magazine. The reason why it's a delightful read is because Goldman is unafraid to let Lohan represent herself as a naïve, ditzy, self-absorbed yet very aware young woman. She's a decent actress, from what I could tell from only watching Mean Girls, that is, but wow...it's quite curious how someone can come off like a bubblehead and somewhat savvy simultaneously.
Lohan makes Goldman chase her all over NYC before he finally meets her at a restaurant. He comments, "I was taking a trip through Lohanland, and if I had to pen a travel article on my stay there, it would be one-word short, and in the diction of its indigenous people: 'Whatever.'" Here, he does a marvelous job of conveying that she's an inconsiderate wench while remaining rather polite about it.
When describing her appearance, Goldman states that Lohan is "badly in need of a manicure." My immediate thought was that he *must* be gay. What hetero man would notice a woman's fingernails and actually COMMENT on them? However, a few lines down he remarks upon her "fabled chest." Gay? Straight? Who cares! He said Lindsay Lohan had funky cubicles in print. All I have to say is: Ha!
During the interview, it is clear that Goldman was being condescending towards Lohan AND that he was controlling the interview (or at least that is what he wants his readers to believe). For instance, after she claims that Garrison Keillor said he would write her a sequel to the film Prairie Home Companion, Goldman merely murmurs, "Neat" and continues on with his line of questioning. He makes a similar move after she dumbly states, "I just feel like people need to think more before they act. Even me sometimes." He quickly asks "Could you give me an example?" She takes the bait and proceeds to talk about how she ran into Paris Hilton, with whom she was (is?) feuding, and Paris swore at her because Lohan had called her man Starvros, and blah lala lala la! Finally, after she prattles on about how she doesn't want men she's sleeping with to be with anyone but her, but that SHE herself should be able to fuck others, he responds, "Huh. Interesting…." It sounds like he's being pretty disdainful, and I finding it really, really funny! I really have not laughed so loudly at any other celebrity interview.
Here's a few other instances when he lets her blabber away about her surreal Hollywood life:
1. When she admits, "Well. [I] say things that aren't true a lot, just because it's fun."
2. When she asks, "But you know, it's actually weird when the paparazzo's not there and things aren't being written, because you kind of wonder, Do people not care anymore?"
3. When she talks about Paris Hilton and that Brandon Davis guy PRANK CALLING her…..Yeah.
4. When she says, "People say I got Botox in my armpits! No!" (Goldman hilariously asks "Why would you get Botox in your armpits?" Apparently, it stops one from sweating. Ah, Hollowwood….)
5. Last but not least, when she gets defensive about being seen partying with her mother at the NYC club Bungalow. Goldman: "You never long for a more traditional relationship with your mother?" Lohan: "Mischa Barton was there with her mom!" You can just *hear* a whiney, protesting tone!
Oh, hell, no. I mean, hell, yes! I seriously recommend reading the entire interview if you are ever in a waiting room somewhere and you see the September, 2006 issue of Elle (and yes, she's on the cover).
A month or so ago, I read an interview with Lindsay Lohan that was so surprisingly entertaining that I must mention it here.
Andrew Goldman interviewed and scribed the Lohan piece for Elle magazine. The reason why it's a delightful read is because Goldman is unafraid to let Lohan represent herself as a naïve, ditzy, self-absorbed yet very aware young woman. She's a decent actress, from what I could tell from only watching Mean Girls, that is, but wow...it's quite curious how someone can come off like a bubblehead and somewhat savvy simultaneously.
Lohan makes Goldman chase her all over NYC before he finally meets her at a restaurant. He comments, "I was taking a trip through Lohanland, and if I had to pen a travel article on my stay there, it would be one-word short, and in the diction of its indigenous people: 'Whatever.'" Here, he does a marvelous job of conveying that she's an inconsiderate wench while remaining rather polite about it.
When describing her appearance, Goldman states that Lohan is "badly in need of a manicure." My immediate thought was that he *must* be gay. What hetero man would notice a woman's fingernails and actually COMMENT on them? However, a few lines down he remarks upon her "fabled chest." Gay? Straight? Who cares! He said Lindsay Lohan had funky cubicles in print. All I have to say is: Ha!
During the interview, it is clear that Goldman was being condescending towards Lohan AND that he was controlling the interview (or at least that is what he wants his readers to believe). For instance, after she claims that Garrison Keillor said he would write her a sequel to the film Prairie Home Companion, Goldman merely murmurs, "Neat" and continues on with his line of questioning. He makes a similar move after she dumbly states, "I just feel like people need to think more before they act. Even me sometimes." He quickly asks "Could you give me an example?" She takes the bait and proceeds to talk about how she ran into Paris Hilton, with whom she was (is?) feuding, and Paris swore at her because Lohan had called her man Starvros, and blah lala lala la! Finally, after she prattles on about how she doesn't want men she's sleeping with to be with anyone but her, but that SHE herself should be able to fuck others, he responds, "Huh. Interesting…." It sounds like he's being pretty disdainful, and I finding it really, really funny! I really have not laughed so loudly at any other celebrity interview.
Here's a few other instances when he lets her blabber away about her surreal Hollywood life:
1. When she admits, "Well. [I] say things that aren't true a lot, just because it's fun."
2. When she asks, "But you know, it's actually weird when the paparazzo's not there and things aren't being written, because you kind of wonder, Do people not care anymore?"
3. When she talks about Paris Hilton and that Brandon Davis guy PRANK CALLING her…..Yeah.
4. When she says, "People say I got Botox in my armpits! No!" (Goldman hilariously asks "Why would you get Botox in your armpits?" Apparently, it stops one from sweating. Ah, Hollowwood….)
5. Last but not least, when she gets defensive about being seen partying with her mother at the NYC club Bungalow. Goldman: "You never long for a more traditional relationship with your mother?" Lohan: "Mischa Barton was there with her mom!" You can just *hear* a whiney, protesting tone!
Oh, hell, no. I mean, hell, yes! I seriously recommend reading the entire interview if you are ever in a waiting room somewhere and you see the September, 2006 issue of Elle (and yes, she's on the cover).
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