"Jane says ..."
That's how one of my favorite Jane's Addiction songs starts ... but this isn't about that classic experimental/alternative band (unfortunately). Instead, it's about Barbarella. Remember her? I certainly can't forget being a youngster and sneaking in to the theater that was showing a revival of that movie. I had thought that it was another Star Wars or Buck Rogers type of film but, damn, was I wrong! That might have been my first exposure to female breasts in a sexual setting. Hahahah ... so THAT'S where it all began ...Anyway, the star of that movie, Ms. Jane Fonda, is no stranger to controversy. I won't go into too many details here since you're all probably aware of them and I'd just be repeating something that's well enough publicized all over the web. If you have been living under a rock for the past 40 years, though, just do a Google search for "Jane Fonda Vietnam" ...
Well, it seems that Barbarella's back to her old antics. The following comes from the Hindustan Times:
Jane Fonda, the celebrated Hollywood actress who led demonstrations against the Vietnam war, is returning to her anti-war activities by calling the US to end military operations in Iraq.
Fonda announced over the weekend that she would be leading a cross-country drive in a bio-diesel bus to call for an end to US military operations in Iraq.
She said the campaign would include her family and the families of Iraq war veterans and casualties. Fonda said she decided to resume her anti-war activities at the urging of war veterans.
"I've decided I'm coming out," she said. "I have not taken a stand on any war since Vietnam," she said. "I carry a lot of baggage from that."
Fonda incited controversy in July 1972 when she was photographed sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun while on a tour of the country to drum up support to end the war. She has since apologised for her actions.
"She has since apologized for her actions". Yeah ... when it was convenient for her to do so. And now ... back to the same old same old. I wonder if she'll be posing with the occupants of a terrorist training camp? Perhaps a nice publicity shot of Barbarella helping to plant some improvised land mines or bombs for our boys (and girls) in service to get maimed (or killed) by?
My childhood fantasy woman has grown to become an adulthood embarrassment.