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May 30, 2006
We get it
Yes, really. A lot of people are in love with Jennifer Aniston. I "reported" here and here about my run-ins last summer with Ms. Aniston, and now the movie she was filming had a premiere in Chicago yesterday. Then, the hero-worship Jen is apparently subject to took a turn for the weird:
Aniston was visibly overwhelmed when, after arriving just moments before co-star and rumored beau Vince Vaughn, she exited a black SUV to greet fans lining the street across from the theater. That's when several star-struck fans ran past Chicago police and surrounded her, snapping pictures and, well, screaming their heads off.
Now look... I like Jennifer Aniston; I enjoyed her work in "Office Space," but why does everyone think she is their best friend/dream woman? I mean, she regularly tops polls of "favorite celebrity girlfriend," and women adore her. But can we cut out treating her like the freaking Pope, or, uh, The Beatles?
My theory as to why people worship Jennifer Aniston is a two-part theory. First, she starred in "Friends," which is probably the most popular show among women from my generation. In the way I sometimes relate things to an episode of Seinfeld, women (as I understand it) can find similar nourishment in an episode of Friends. Aniston's character was central to most of the goings-on, and women can apparently relate to her continual run-ins with uberdork Ross Gellar.
Second, Jennifer Aniston was married to Hollywood's sexiest main man, Brad Pitt. Not only did every woman adore her for her work on Friends, she then managed to nab none other than Brad Fucking Pitt! What couldn't this woman do? Then, when the marriage broke up and Pitt ran off with "Homewrecker" Angelina Jolie, she had the sympathy of millions. Everyone is pulling for her, as if her breakup with Brad was a personal afront to all of us, even though nobody knows what really happened.
I can see why so many people love her - but please, God, give it a rest! She doesn't know you. She's not your friend. Leave her be! Please, for my sake?
Posted by oz115 at May 30, 2006 02:11 PM
Comments
Just the thought of a circle of screaming women makes me want to gag, or kill somebody.
There's a certain kind of earsplitting scream that babies make, it's purpose is to let us know the baby is in distress. We have a genetic reaction to it. Screaming chicks sound the same to me, and when I hear that noise and an infant is not in danger, I get pissed. If I'm near a woman who screams like that, I'll slap her.
Posted by: G at May 30, 2006 02:50 PM
First off, you are wrong. The favorite TV show of women of YOUR generation is Sex and the City. NOT Friends. Friends is like the female Seinfeld, but it doens't hold a candle to Sex And the City.
Second- You are right about one reason Jennifer Aniston is loved is that she was married to Brad Pitt. The majority of women dream of touching him or of getting the scoop of what it's like to be touched by him. jennifer not only touched him, she MARRIED HIM! I think most women and gay men in America would give their left breast to be in her shoes.
Additionally, you do know that some of my friends refer to US as Ross and Rachel? tehe!
Posted by: christy at May 30, 2006 05:08 PM
Oz is right, Christy is wrong. Friends was undeniably our generation's women's favorite TV show. Sex in the City came along six years later and has an audience that ranges in age. Christ, my mother loves that show.
Posted by: Stat Boy at May 31, 2006 10:54 AM