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Not to aim at the credibility or truthfulness of her words, but I'm rather surprised Courtney was able to write something that long, let alone with such proper
by mitjak 16y ago
Not to aim at the credibility or truthfulness of her words, but I'm rather surprised Courtney was able to write something that long, let alone with such proper grammatical and vocabulary choices. I thought she's always on crack.
EDIT: I just watched the video of herself getting another tattoo while smoking and miming the lyrics to her new single "Skinny Little Bitch". I stand by my words.
- InfinityX0 16y agoCourtney Love is ridiculously smart. She definitely has done a shit ton of drugs, though - and this fact alone rips apart a bit of her argument. But the ridiculous smart part then reconstructs it - leaving us at some stanza where we need a substantiated second opinion for this to really have any credence.
- mitjak 16y agoSources? Every interview and video I've seen of her has her talk in the vocabulary of a fifteen-year-old high school dropout.
- InfinityX0 16y agoI'm trying to find some citation but I really can't - all I know is that I've heard her speak before and been impressed by her immense vocabulary. Similarly, this speech reinforces that former impression. Looking at her Twitter stream, though, reinforces the drug use - and also, her very unique personality: http://twitter.com/courtneyloveuk http://twitter.com/courtneyloveuk
- erikpukinskis 16y agoI'm continually amazed how many people think rock stars' stage personas are their actual personalities. What about Gretchen Carson: huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/09/jon-stewart-calls-out-gre_n_385158.html ? Do you think she's dumb too? The truth is the world can be incredibly hostile to smart people, and it's particularly hostile to smart women... particularly in show business. It's a supremely smart woman with a very sharp, dark sense of satire who creates a persona like courtney love in response to that hostility. Also, I know you probably think your doubts come from her drug use, but i'm pretty sure you only doubt her because she's a woman. Would you question Tom Waits if he put out that article? Do you often question the authorship of Salon articles? How carefully have you checked your sexism here?
- slay2k 16y agoMeh. I don't consider myself sexist but I had a similar reaction as the author of the comment you replied to. This is the first time I've read something this profoundly insightful and moving about the music industry, and Courtney Love is the last person I would have expected to see as the author.
- mitjak 16y agoAssuming she is thy smart, I do wonder why she won't let go of the 1997 version of herself and evolve, at least artistically.
- DuncanIdaho 16y agoIt's also interesting how people try to establish causality for drug use with lack of mental ability. Drugs are no good for sutpid people - the ones that get most out of them are smart people. For drugs to get the most effect being smart helps a lot. I find it a big problem with heroin users. Anyone who knows some knows how elaborate schemes they create to acquire drugs. Also talking to addicts when they are sober (high they don't make any sense mostly) knows how complex personalities they are. Being stupid helps one from acquiring a drug habbit IMHO. While being smart only multiplies ones problems if one manages to get into drug usage.
- varjag 16y agoMost people are reasonably smart and have complex personalities, in my experience. I highly doubt that drug abusers are smarter than average types. EDIT: ok on re-reading your post it seems that was not quite your point, as you just argue they are not necessarily dumb.
- WalterBright 16y agoI know someone who worked with Courtney. She's very smart.