Lilo...the New Fish on the Block...A Sad Story

Shawn Chapman Holley, Lindsay Lohan's lawyer, updated sources on her client after a visit with her Wednesday. Miz Holley assured everyone that Lindsay was feeling "good," using her time wisely and snacking on Twizzlers. At least she is allowed licorice.  In addition to Twizzlers ( the strawberry ones) she is also allowed her Adderall, Ambien, acid reflux pills,tranquilizers and vitamins. Of  course she had to leave her cocaine behind....on the outside.' C'est dommage'!
As for what else Lilo is doing; "She looks gorgeous...She's writing a lot. She's creating art. She's a beautiful, talented, creative woman and she is going to come out and surprise you all,"according to Dawn.
Writing?? What does that mean?? A biography, an epic poem...possibly a script ?? I know...an expose of the prison system in America. Someone had to do it.


Yes, Lilo is a spoiled, indulged, demanding, dramatic, over the top, sometimes bitchy, little addict, who is not mature enough to own her own blunders and indictable offenses...Sooooo...why do I feel sorry for her?  I want to say that I realize we are engaged in two wars, have a shaky economy, not to mention the worst environmental disaster we've ever seen and that there are, tragically, a number of wrongfully convicted people behind bars. In short, I know that there are a million other things and people that deserve our attention more. But somehow Lindsay engages our attention anyway.


 Some of us are somewhat gleeful that she is locked away. We knew it was only a matter of time. We warned her. Serves the pampered, little, rich bitch right.
 She has become everyone's favorite punching bag, especially on cyberspace. And that's sad. Any of us who read the Vanity Fair cover story in which a defiant Lohan proclaimed, "Yeah, motherf*#~ker I'm fine," (a catchphrase that even inspired its own shirt),  knew that Lindsay definitely wasn't fine. And yet it was as though -- watching a slow-moving,year by year train wreck -- we were powerless stop it. Yet that didn't stop us from watching it all with great  interest and remarking on the potential casualties.


When compared to Paris Hilton, a fellow jailbird, Lindsay does not come off as mean or callous or cold. She seems much more human. I sympathize with her far more. She has never resorted to racial epithets or vicious spats with all and sundry like la Hilton. She doesn't have that sense of entitlement and superiority that Hilton wears so well. And she has genuine talent whereas Paris is a huge void with nothing to offer society.
I can see that Lindsay could have a potentially, wonderful career, up there with the greats, like Meryl Streep, if she just had the stability to hold it together long enough. If she had a supportive family, she could pull it off.


No one's family is perfect. In fact the definition of a "normal" American family is usually one that has simply mastered the art of being functionally dysfunctional. But when you look at Lohan's family, from the mother who's exploited her as a meal ticket for much of her life, to the father who's pimped out her privacy to the highest bidder in exchange for his own shot at Z-list fame, it's enough to drive any sane person to insanity...and  drive a sober person to drink. The biggest difference between the child stars who become Ron Howard or Jodie Foster, versus those who become Gary Coleman? You guessed it. The fam.


Though it's definitely a good thing for those of us who don't want to face drunk drivers on the road, being sentenced to jail time could also, quite possibly, save Lindsay Lohan's life, forcing her to take a break from the host of apparently unhealthy influences around her, from controlled (and not controlled) substances, to her family. Just think about that for a moment. By going to jail and rehab this person might actually be happier, healthier and better off.


Finally, it appears that all of the trouble that Lohan has had -- most of it substance abuse related -- never came from a malicious place. Watching Lohan descend even further into her abyss was sort of like watching Amy Winehouse -- an also talented yet tragic figure -- do the same. What they both have in common is that they have never been mean girls at all, just sick and very, very sad. Yes, I feel sorry for Lindsay.