J. Lo’s Long Road Ahead
So, according to People, J. Lo finally squeezed ‘em out last night in the wee hours of last night. How crude, you say, to talk about two precious new lives so unfeelingly? I agree. But, alas, this is our relationship with the über famous starlet has become. While some might think it unfair, let’s examine the facts, please. Upon invoking my most visceral reactions to memories of J. Lo headlines past, I am first compelled to talk about the fact that “J. Lo” is a moniker for a genuinely talented actress/singer/dancer I once knew as Jennifer Lopez. The name change turned her into a brand, and the spectacle that is her personal life soon obliterated the faint memory of all her artistry. But this is what she asked for.
If she didn’t bestow herself with the new name, she certainly embraced it. The name not only generated a remarkably marketable image that would propel her career into superstardom, but it also must have provided for her somewhat of a safe haven. For, while J. Lo’s name was strewn about the pages of the gossip rags, Jennifer Lopez probably experienced the same human emotions that we, a distanced and unsympathetic public, experience ourselves. But J. Lo, a mere plaything, has just become a mommy, and everything has changed.
In order for J. Lo to reconcile the fate of her career with the fate of her children and her marriage, she will have to strike a very careful PR crusade that, though to the untrained eye will appear as if she is simply living her life, will be carefully controlled. She will have to walk the fine line between exploiting her children’s much deserved privacy and giving the hungry masses just a little taste, in order to keep J. Lo, the icon, afloat and Jennifer, the mother, sane.
