the peculiar yet somewhat predictable transformation certain young
American celebrities experience upon going Continental (i.e., living or working in
Europe). Akin to drugstore
cowboy.
American actress Kristen Stewart has now made not one, but two, yes two, French films. Probably on the advice of her agents and handlers she has subsequently done the following :
1) shaved her head (like Sinead O'
Connor);
2) dyed it blonde (like Annie Lennox);
3) and entered what appears to be her first serious
lesbian/same sex relationship (like any number of American female expats of the last century).
I suspect before long she
will also be sporting a Parisian accent, opening a salon, quoting Baudelaire, Cocteau, and Satre' incessantly, and complaining endlessly about all those bourgeoise, materialistic Americans who care only for
money and nothing for
art. Like Gwyneth Paltrow and so many others before, Kristen Stewart has become a left bank cowboy.
