Paula Abdul Update
“You all never seize to amaze me.” — via @PaulaAbdul
Maybe there is something to this Twitter thing, if it allows for gems like that one. At least now we know that account truly is, as advertised, “The Real Paula Abdul.”
I’m sure she meant it as a compliment to her fans, but here’s how I interpret it: a pirate mother is complaining to her sons that nowadays they only seize merchant ships for their own benefit, whereas they used to do it to try to win their mother’s love and approval. A little bit of a Freudian, Oedipal element going on there. D.H. Lawrence would probably do great things with Paula’s ramblings. A Rocking-Horse Winner for our times, perhaps?
Tags: american idol, d. h. lawrence, freud, oedipal complex, oedipus, paula abdul, the rocking-horse winner, twitter
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06 Aug 2009 at 12:09 am
The king is back. Bravo.
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