I made the mistake of flicking a copy of the Daily Mail while in the coffee shop which contained a frankly startling revelation.
I'm still reeling from the news a well known person looks different than they did 30/ 40/ 50 years ago. Apparently its something called ageing and I for one applaud all the newspapers and magazines for informing their readers week after week of this stunning new discovery by using celebrity examples. These articles are often so similar that I've suspected that they were written using a template and yesterday I was proved right when a file marked peopleageshocker.docx was accidentally forwarded to me, the gist goes as follows
[Insert name of well known person] NOT SO [insert reference or pun to what they are most famous for]
Back in the [swinging sixties/ glam seventies/ electric eighties] they [reference the field the person was successful and popular in] but today [essentially call them a slob].
(insert a small picture of person professionally taken, well lit and with make-up on, place hastily taken Paparazzi shot at a very unflattering angle of person 30/ 40/ 50 years later out walking dog or quickly popping to shop to buy a Toffee Crisp over at least half the article space).
The reality is that people age, admittedly some do so better than others helped by good diet, exercise, beauty regime and a bit of luck. If someone after a successful career wishes to not do that and put their feet up and have that second helping then that's their wish.
Well, the papers got it right this time. I'm a walking testimonial that people do, indeed, age.
ReplyDeleteThis wouldn't be the Richard O'Sullivan thingy would it? Oh, when I say 'thingy' I don't actually mean a thingy, but... okay, I'll stop digging.
ReplyDeleteI can't say I blame an actor / musician for putting their feet up. I guess there must come a time when you just can't be ar**d with it all... or as we mere mortals say "Monday".