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Famous people with arrested development This ain't a thread about Speech or Dionne Farris either. 
I'm talking about people who seemed to stop growing as soon as they got famous. Maybe it's because: *they didn't go to school *they stopped reading *missed out on some normal stages of life *missed out on normal human contact/having friends It seems like alot of child stars suffer from this. Michael Jackson: self-explanatory, he himself acknowledges this, and has built friendships based on it. Britney Spears: she seems to be stuck in teen Valley Girl hell. Mariah Carey: her album titles say it all. People who have grown more gracefully: Will Smith: maybe he had more intelligence to start with, but he started his career very young and has turned out level-headed. Orgers feel me on this one? This wasn't meant to be a discussion of people who didn't grow as artists, rather artists who didn't grow as people. Wrong forum then? edit [Edited 11/11/04 18:46pm] | |
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Then "Artists with arrested development" would have to include almost any "Dirty South" rapper (Cash Money Millionaires, etc.)?
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CinisterCee said: [i]
Artists who have grown more gracefully: Will Smith: maybe he had more intelligence to start with, but he started his career very young and has turned out level-headed. Orgers feel me on this one? Will Smith is whack! dj jazzy jeff was the only talented musician | |
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twink69 said: Will Smith is whack! dj jazzy jeff was the only talented musician Jazzy Jeff is awesome yeah... I meant people who no longer act like the age they were when they started the business. Certainly these artists mentioned above continue to grow in expression, but not as people. | |
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twink69 said: CinisterCee said: [i]
Artists who have grown more gracefully: Will Smith: maybe he had more intelligence to start with, but he started his career very young and has turned out level-headed. Orgers feel me on this one? Will Smith is whack! dj jazzy jeff was the only talented musician sure his music is corny as hell....but I totally understand what Cin is gettin at and I agree.....and The Audience hit the nail on the head with that Dirty South bit.... I am not African. Africa is in me, but I cannot return.
I am not taína. Taíno is in me, but there is no way back. I am not european. Europe lives in me, but I have no home there. I am new. History made me. My first language was spanglish. And I am | |
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Hmm....
Many of the younger members in boybands seem stuck at the ages they were when they joined -12, 13, etc. even though they're in their 20's now. Does that count? "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: Hmm....
Many of the younger members in boybands seem stuck at the ages they were when they joined -12, 13, etc. even though they're in their 20's now. Does that count?  that's EXACTLY what I'm talking about. | |
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CinisterCee said: meow85 said: Hmm....
Many of the younger members in boybands seem stuck at the ages they were when they joined -12, 13, etc. even though they're in their 20's now. Does that count? that's EXACTLY what I'm talking about.That's what I figured. Ever see anything recent involving Nick Carter? Giant 12 year old. . It's getting creepy. 
Timberlake's not doing much better. I'd say he's on the level of a 15 year old. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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