Who is
Cher — Or How Cinderella Came To Forgive Her Mother
Cher turned 25 this May 20th. Even if she’s mostly plastic, she’s never been more authentic
It began the usual way, in a sweaty gym, in front of a disinterested crowd.
Not the place of sparkling dreams! In fact, her mother told her: “You’re not going to be the smartest, the most beautiful, or the most talented but you will be special.” -Still, she held on.
It was in that sweaty gym she had her directorial debut. This was 1956! With a production of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma, she gave the school and her fellow 5th graders a glimpse of what she would eventually become.
What’s the role of a parent? To put out the light? To prevent loss? Isn’t realism childhood’s most terrible foe? Do we help or do we hinder when we tell a child that she can’t dance, that she can’t sing? And how do we react when they do it anyway?
Cher did! Anyway! Acted all the male roles in the musical herself. Not by choice, mind you. But because she failed to convince the boys in her class to take part.
In this fabulous world of ours, mothers unfortunately aren’t the only “benevolent” beings.
