I will say this. Mariah has a tendency to portray herself as a victim. She is only an agent in her successes, but there is a sense (so far!) that everything negative that happens is done TO her. I am interested to see whether this will change as I go deeper into the book. However, the fact that it seems that everything post-Nick (including some bad choices on her own part) has been omitted makes me doubt that we'll see a tonal shift.
I mean, we know in advance that the Marge biopic will be monstrous, so no, I am not mad at what we've got. But I find a fascinating duality in Mariah herself - she is every bit an Aries in her refusal to give up, be cowed, and resist the chance for an umpteeth comeback, but she has a weird habit of playing the victim a LOT for someone who is ultimately strong and resilient. But perhaps this sense of victimhood is where she finds her drive and fire to continue.Do other superstars really go in on themselves or take accountability for things they did wrong in their memoirs? Possibly I suppose, but I certainly didn’t expect it from Mariah
Do other superstars really go in on themselves or take accountability for things they did wrong in their memoirs? Possibly I suppose, but I certainly didn’t expect it from Mariah
More than happy with what we got
Loved the audiobook but I’ll definitely revisit parts of it when I get the hard copy. I got the feeling some bits would hit different in the written form. Plus ploughing through all 11+ hours as quickly as I could possibly wasn’t the best way to treat the material.
I find the complete exclusion of that publicity-hungry goblin rather delicious myselfa little disappointed that her "Emancipation" doesn't seem to include assuming responsibility and being accountable for Stella
I find the complete exclusion of that publicity-hungry goblin rather delicious myself
I was just wearing some tracksuit bottoms, what's the big deal??I’m not entirely sure her mum (as nasty as she is) called the cops on her because she shouted a few times.
This is a great example of what I was referring to. Some self-reflection on how her career faded, why, what contributed to it, how her vocal struggles impacted her would have done a lot to change my perception that this was an exercise in airbrushing her story. But then she has tried to shape our image of her.I'd have also liked to know her thoughts on the changes to her voice over the years, or how she feels about the pressure to live up to past glories. I understand that she probably would rather not go there though.
You don't like Me. I Am Mariah...? There's a couple of iffy tracks on there but at least 10 stone groove smash hit wondersthe sub-par musical output between #Beautiful and Caution, etc.
Be SURE to submit your thoughts in the ALLOTED CONTROVERSIAL THREADSI’m probably going to go down the 1-2 hrs per night route. Started last night but fell asleep
You don't like Me. I Am Mariah...? There's a couple of iffy tracks on there but at least 10 stone groove smash hit wonders
VoR I made a whole post about Stella for you and you didn't even give it a likeI listened to Petals for the first time as a result of it being such a big feature in the sister chapter.
Quite good, isn't it?