Quick summary about Amanda: She kind of disappeared for a while after Easy A, and did not resurface until a DUI and the release of the mugshot, in which she had purple hair. Sad, but unfortunately DUI's are not rare anymore in Hollywood. Flash forward to earlier this year- she is posting awkward selfies on Twitter, insulting everyone from Lance Bass to Rhianna by calling them ugly, and wearing bizarre outfits. She then got arrested recently for throwing a bong out of her window, and declared that she is suing InTouch magazine for an article they wrote about her downfall, and NYPD for touching her vag during her arrest (she declared both on Twitter, naturally.) She shaved half her head and has been photographed in court wearing a terrible, terrible blond wig.
Here's my thing with this: She claims to have fired everyone (publicist, assistant, anyone who works for her) and cut ties with family. But something about this does not add up. She is seriously everywhere at the wrong time- where she can be seen/photographed. Everyone seems to think she is on drugs and has a mental illness- while both could be true, I think there is something else going on here. Which leads me to believe...
It's all a set-up.
Joaquin Phoenix had a similar phase. Actually, an identical phase. In 2008, he announced that he was retiring from acting and starting a rap career. He went around to news outlets and said bizarre things, did weird stuff with his hair as well, and was basically everywhere for a period of time acting weird as hell.
Turns out, he was starring in a Casey Affleck- directed documentary called I'm Still Here, which was about the media, consumer, and celebrity relationship. A "mockumentary," as some called it, because all of the events were staged. Fake. Done to show the social issue of the celebrity, and the media's need for the celebrity, and the consumer's need for the media. Brilliant, in my opinion. The movie tanked and was not received extremely well, and nobody knew why Joaquin wanted to do it at all- he is an Oscar-nominated, Grammy-winning actor. But whatever, he carried on with his life.
In 2010, Amanda Bynes announced that she was retiring from acting and starting a rap career. I mean, come on.
All of these outbursts, fights, selfies, all of it seems wrong. Yes, Amanda was a child star and they usually don't have the best endings, but Amanda was one that people actually referred to as an exception. She hasn't made any strides into "serious" films- she's done a lot of fun, cute, PG-13 films that do not really showcase her acting ability. Nothing serious.
This might be her transition as a serious actress. She might be using this whole experience as material for a new project/documentary showcasing firsthand the strange, dependent relationship the media has with a fallen celebrity. How the media takes advantage of that. How the consumer responds, and feeds off of it, and then will complain about the media overkill within a month. It could be an in-depth look at peoples' obsession with celebrities, and then a "joke's on you, but take a look at your life" moment. It's a cycle- maybe Amanda is trying to expose it and is simply doing a better job than Joaquin did.
......or she could just be insane and simply have a selfie addiction....and drug addiction(s)....and insulting innocent people addiction.....
Let's hope for the documentary! I think it would be awesome to see, and if this really is a project, it'll be the role of her career. I mean, she is doing a damn good job.
What do you think? Is she for real? Is it all a hoax? Shall we bring in the dancing lobsters?
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