What's Wrong with Jennifer Aniston?
Every week she gets dumped again by some new guy and blabs about it all over the magazines.
This has turned her into the biggest star in the nation (I may not be current with my 'biggest' numbers, but she's up there).
What is the attraction of this patheticness?
Is America a nation of dumped and unrequited women? Is the common experience the failed relationship? The recalcitrant man? Yes, obviously.
Still, it's an unexpected message: Life is a disappointment, the chances for happiness recede, nobody is getting any younger. The girl next door is now revealed to be an existential character. The saccharine is bitter.
And this is big box office: Marketers and philosophers pay attention.
Curiously, she is not, unlike so many, a celebrity who people wish a pox upon. People seem to wish Jen well. You'd think that after so many failures and letdowns and glum magazine interviews, people would begin to turn away. And it doesn't even seem to be the case that people (well, women) are yet urging her on, believing in the next time. Quite the opposite. The subtext is that this is never going to happen for her.
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The premise of this article is wrong.
There's nothing wrong with Jennifer, except perhaps that she picks the wrong men for her. However, there are many older single women, and unfortunately the failed relationship has become something of a cliche. So actually, there's a broader conversation that probably needs to be had here of the way marriage and relationships have changed in the post first-wave feminism world.
The fact is, the old romantic trope of guy meets girl, lives happily ever after just isn't true anymore - if it ever was. Guys are not as ready to commit. Girls are not as ready to settle. It's hard to find your equal and someone you truly resonate with.
Unfortunately, women still wear the stigma and the brunt of the societal expectation when it comes to relationships. Society doesn't seem to know what to do with the 30-something or 40-something single woman. And wearing your heart on your sleeve just earns you scorn. There's a subtle but very real prejudice and contempt that enters the public dialogue when we consider these single - sometimes happily, sometimes not - women. It's not the same for serial players like John Mayer, or perennial bachelors like George Clooney, who we assume have no emotional or psychological retardation. We never ask - what's wrong with George?
So Jennifer has become something of a poster girl for an entire social phenomenon and that's why many of us give her a break.
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And her boobs seem to be growing fuller and firmer after age 40! The poor woman, you really have to feel for her.
Nothing wrong. Nothing column. Should I continue reading?
Odd how we don't attach the word "pathetic" to serial daters like George Clooney, isn't it? Do we detect a double standard?
If you believe that Jennifer Aniston was really romantically involved with as many men as the tabloids claim, I have some swampland in Florida to sell you.
Face it--she's beautiful, reasonably talented, has a boatload of money, and can do anything she damn well pleases. Apparently that rattles a lot of cages and sells a gazillion issues at the newstand. There's no more to it than that.
Maybe we should have a national club for women who are pretty, cool and self-directed but who either aren't lucky enough to find suitable mates or more accurately, are incapable of identifying suitable mates. We can call it, "Jen's Club For Men."
So many single women I know are in this camp, and that's why Jen resonates for them: "If Jen can't find a man, then I don't feel so bad about myself."
Personally, I relate more to Angelina (who used to be a Jen, although she picked sexier, skeezier unsuitable mates). Still, I understand where Jen fans are coming from. Seems I'm not only the president of Jen's club, I'm also a member.
She is annoying and not talented at all. She plays the same character in every movie; the sad sack loser in love girl. I guess people love that cuz they can relate? I personally am so over all these boring "stars" who don't do anything edgy or interesting or noteworthy.
There is nothing wrong with Jen. She chooses men with an "edge" instead of someone normal. The excitement works for her for awhile until she moves on (or gets dumped) and begins looking for her next "adrenaline rush."
Have you ever had a friend that went through the same thing........then you find out they are actually crazy???
If it looks like a duck..........
She discusses her social life because that keeps her in the news. And as long as you're in the news and on magazine covers, you stay on the public's mind. Studios based on name recognition. People go to movies based on who's in it. She knows that she's not a very good actress. Her movies are mediocre at best. She has yet to give a memorable performance. So the only was she can get people to watch her movies or studios to keep paying her millions is to get people to feel sorry for her.
Her performance in _Derailed_ was very good and was a huge departure from her usual rom-com roles. Unfortunately, that movie is not considered a success and that perceived lack of success is likely what keeps her pigeon-holed into rom-com roles.
And - you know - I'm not even that much of a Jen Aniston fan ... just tired of all the picking at her. She, like the rest of us, is just doing the best she can on a daily basis.
Then why does she always discuss her personal life while claiming not to be interested in doing so? That's why people pick at her, because she's a hypocrite. If I were an actor promoting a movie and the interviewer asked me about my personal life, I would make it clear that it's private and if we don't stick to talking about the movie, I would end the interview. Before sitting down for an interview, an actor's publicist and studio rep sets the ground rules for the interview and declares what topics are off limits. The fact that her personal life still comes up in interviews suggests two things. Either her PR people are incompetent or she's not being firm enough with the interviewers. She's not stupid and she's not inexperienced. The fact that these questions still come up suggests she's allowing them to, in which case she deserves no sympathy.
That because most peoples don't give a damn one way or another! She entitle to live her screw up life like the rest of us, but don't ask me to care!
The premise of this article is entirely wrong. There is NOTHING wrong with Jennifer Aniston.
The question which should be asked is: "What's wrong with the guys who keep screwing Jennifer Aniston over?"
The focus should be on the men who - for whatever reason - can't commit, cheat, filander, lead people on, lie, obfuscate, use, mislead, and so on. There is NOTHING wrong with a woman who wants an honest relationship where SHE is put first and respected, where respect is paid to her career and her dreams without demanding babies first; a relationship that doesn't get stale in absence; a relationship that isn't settling.
So, Mr. Wolff, I hope the next column we see out of you addresses what's wrong with Brad Pitt and John Mayer for disrespecting such a successful and beautiful woman.
But oh, no, there can't be anything messed up about her! Whatever is going on, the fact remains that guys are dumping her right and left. Brad, Vince, John, Tate Donovan. She's picking the wrong guys for her so she definitely has a problem with men. These men could all be swine, true, but she's picking them. That's what most people don't get. She picks them! They don't pick her. And their ability to judge good character ain't all that either! No matter how you look at it, they are bad examples of what a healthy couple looks like.
I'd sure like a chance to straighten her out though...lol
So you blame the woman for the man's sins? And follow with a sexual innuendo?
That says more about you than about Ms. Aniston.
The true test is how do those same men who dump her treat the next woman. If the next woman is treated like royalty every time, then its her. That means that these same men who dump her are actually capable of loving and caring for a woman more than themselves. The serial filanderer is a different story.
Fair point. At least in the case of Brad Pitt, the end of their relationship (from what the public knows) seemed to be a rather shared responsibility. The marriage was in danger before Mr. & Mrs. Smith - otherwise there would have been little chance of anything happening with Angelina Jolie.
However, I can't say the same for John Mayer. I believe he's proven himself to be a player.
The fact she mentioned that she thinks women "train men" to do household tasks may indicate she's not that pleasant a person to be in a relationship with.
The public is brainwashed into believing that a woman is nothing without a man. Maybe if the press would stop asking her about it, she'd stop talking about it.
That may be true, but there's still something wrong with her for picking guys that don't stick. If all she wants is short term recreational relationships, then why did she marry Brad? If she's so driven by her career that all she wants are flings, she's sure doing a heckuva job. All great looking guys.
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