I guess this is the challenge with categorizing people who became famous for one thing and are remembered as well or better for something else... ABC's breaking news e-mail called her a "pop culture icon," and my first thought was that the term fit her but I would have stuck with "actress." I don't consider her to be a great talent, but she was good enough to make a career out of it.
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 12:04, PGage<[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Terry Knab <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Farah Fawcett has passed away at 9:28 am Pacific > > Normally I would be making fun of CNN anchor Tony Harris reportage of this > story (he is treating her as one of the major stars and actresses of her > generation - she was not). But, while I don't approve, in this case I can > not condemn. When I was in high school that poster was EVERYWHERE. We didn't > have the internet, we had cheesecake posters, and that was #1 (my personal > favorite was a fetching Linda Ronstadt poster, and a little later a very > nice Cheryl Ladd poster, but Fawcett was clearly the most popular). I never > had her poster in my room (my parents would not have gone for that) but she > was on the walls of half my friends rooms (and on the inside closet door of > the other half). For men of my generation she became, quite apart from her > talent as an actress or the quality of her roles, a major definition of > female sexuality. > > > > > > > > -- David J. Lynch [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
