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Archives: April 2005
A Real Run-Away Bride
Unlike in the romantic comedy with Julia Roberts, the story of this Run-Away Bride is leaving everyone with a sour taste in their mouths. But the reaction of her uncle made me smile: "Jennifer had some issues the family was not aware of. We're looking forward to loving her and talking to her about these issues." What a conversation that must be.
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"My Life so Far" by Jane Fonda
MAUREEN DOWD has written a funny review of Jane Fonda's autobiography in today's NYT.
'My Life So Far': The Roles of a Lifetime
One day when she was playing cowgirl in the annual bison roundup on one of the New Mexico ranches of her husband, Ted Turner, Jane Fonda realized with a jolt that she was about to turn 60. She decided that the best way to meet this unnerving milestone was to make a short video of her life ''to discover its different themes.''
She invited her daughter, Vanessa Vadim, a documentary filmmaker, to help her. ''Why don't you just get a chameleon and let it crawl across the screen?'' Vanessa suggested dryly.
''Ouch,'' Jane writes. ''This was the rap on me: I've had so many personae over my lifetime that it's easy to think, Who is she, anyway? Is there a 'there there'? . . . When I looked at photos of myself over the years and matched them up with my husband of the time, I couldn't help feeling that maybe it was true -- maybe I simply become whatever the man I am with wants me to be: 'sex kitten,' 'controversial activist,' 'ladylike wife on the arm of corporate mogul.' . . . Was I just a chameleon, and if so, how was it that a seemingly strong woman could so thoroughly and repeatedly lose herself? Or had I really lost myself?''
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