Dinsdale wrote:Terry in Crapchester wrote:As I said, drugs cost Tawny her looks.
That's your "evidence"?
And you claim to be a
lawyer?
Damn, you suck like a hoover with a full bag.
Let's see.... throw up a pic of a hottie-for-the-ages when she's 26, then as slam-dunk "evidence" of the toll drugs have taken on her, throw up an "after" pic when she's 45.
Coupla points here.
First, my statement that drugs cost Tawny her looks (I made the same statement about Whitney, btw) was what we commonly call an "educated guess." You've heard of that, no?
I didn't expect her to look, at
41, (her age at the time the mug shot in question was taken, if'n I'm not mistaken, which, btw, is not so far from your age today) the same way she did at 26. And I stated that I had made allowances for that. But, then again, when your entire livelihood revolves around your looking hot, you're going to take extra care to continue to look the best you can. Unless, of course, something becomes more important in your life than that.
That's where the drugs/booze come in.
No, she's not going to look at 41 the same way she did at 26. But it is possible to age gracefully, and there are plenty of 41-year-olds who are much hotter than Tawny is today, including many who are not celebrities and were nowhere near as hot as she was at 26. And yeah, like I said, the mugshot was taken at a time when she wasn't exactly looking her best. But a few years later she was on Surreal Life, where she (presumably) had access to makeup and stuff. And she didn't look a whole lot better there than she did in her mugshot.
Say what you will about that mugshot, but she was 41, not 81. That mugshot is proof of some hard living, of one sort or another.
This may come as a suprise, but when a chick's only marketable talent is her ability to produce boners, they usually don't have nearly the star-power once the crest the top of the hill and start pushing 50, after squeezing out a couple of puppies.
Tell me you knew?
She starred in Bachelor Party. She couldn't do that role today in any event, and obviously that movie was never a candidate for an Academy Award. But that was a
huge foot in Hollywood's door. Tom Hanks was her co-star, for chrissakes. Jess would probably sell his firstborn kid to gypsies for a speaking role (and before you ask once again, I have no "evidence" of that, that's another of those "educated guesses," combined, in this case, with a little hyperbole for effect). God only knows what he would do for a starring role.
Like I said, she couldn't continue doing those roles forever. What she could do, however, was take acting lessons to improve her acting ability. Again, Tom Hanks was her co-star. We all know where his career went later. Not saying that Tawny could've been the female version of Tom Hanks, but at least she could've improved her acting ability to the point where, maybe, she could've been in a TV sitcom or something. As you stated, she has royalty checks coming in (which probably were a bit healthier then than they are today). She was married twice, once (very briefly) to the lead singer for Whitesnake, then later (a little longer) to a major league pitcher. Both guys made a decent buck. Money wouldn't -- or at least shouldn't -- have been an issue for her when it came to acting lessons.
Hollywood doesn't automatically kick every actress over age 30 to the curb. Tell me you knew? I don't know how smart Tawny is (my educated guess, once again, would be not very), but she certainly had the opportunity to parlay her career into something a little longer-lasting which would depend, as far as looks go, only on her remaining passably attractive, rather than one of the hottest women on the face of the planet. That she failed to do that, when considered in the context of where she wound up, would be enough to land her in this category even if she had never ingested Drug or Drink One in her entire lifetime.
Btw, for someone who claims to be the Stephen Hawking of this board, you certainly need other posters to spoonfeed their entire thought process to you quite often. One would think that someone as bright as you would be a little better at reading between the lines. At least once in awhile.
