What most people didnt know is that Hepburns wasnt the body of an ordinary woman; it was the visual remnant of her starvation as a child in the Netherlands during World War II, which resulted in a slew of ailments that led to a lifetime of quietly suffering frail health. In short, her pain became her beauty — and by extension, her livelihood. It was a battle between the reality and the ideal, which would repeat for Hepburn as feminist elements warred with old-world patriarchy...I like to think Hepburns lasting legacy will eventually turn from her reputation as a stylish romantic paramour and launch a new appreciation for a woman who found a way to survive the constructs around her when the stakes seem impossible. In film after film, she is a lady of romance and sweetness — but she is also the woman who turned her physical pain into a stylish iconography and who managed to infuse her characters with real-life struggle, playing the game while challenging it. - THE WEEK Whats your take on Audrey Hepburns legacy?
Posted on: Fri, 02 May 2014 19:33:56 +0000
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