This has always been Jane Fonda's problem. Besides visiting Vietnamese in Hanoi that one time giving her the nickname "Hanoi Jane."
From her web:
"It happened on my last day in Hanoi. I was exhausted and an emotional wreck after the 2-week visit ... The translator told me that the soldiers wanted to sing me a song. He translated as they sung. It was a song about the day 'Uncle Ho' declared their country's independence in Hanoi's Ba Dinh Square. I heard these words: 'All men are created equal; they are given certain rights; among these are life, Liberty and Happiness.' These are the words Ho pronounced at the historic ceremony. I began to cry and clap. 'These young men should not be our enemy. They celebrate the same words Americans do.' The soldiers asked me to sing for them in return ... I memorized a song called 'Day Ma Di', written by anti-war South Vietnamese students. I knew I was slaughtering it, but everyone seemed delighted that I was making the attempt. I finished. Everyone was laughing and clapping, including me ... Here is my best, honest recollection of what happened: someone (I don't remember who) led me towards the gun, and I sat down, still laughing, still applauding. It all had nothing to do with where I was sitting. I hardly even thought about where I was sitting. The cameras flashed ... It is possible that it was a set up, that the Vietnamese had it all planned. I will never know. But if they did I can't blame them. The buck stops here. If I was used, I allowed it to happen ... a two-minute lapse of sanity that will haunt me forever ... But the photo exists, delivering its message regardless of what I was doing or feeling. I carry this heavy in my heart. I have apologized numerous times for any pain I may have caused servicemen and their families because of this photograph. It was never my intention to cause harm."
It got me thinking about Burt Reynolds. The dude wrote a memoir. Yep. And it was a tell all. Meaning he doesn't mince words about people he had contact with in the movie/t.v. business. Which is...they're all fucking phonies. Including himself. Because he admitted to playing up the Loni Anderson relationship. He stated that Loni wasn't his type of woman and everyone, especially his Mom thought it was a terrible idea. But he pressed forward. To not disappoint people.
Jane Fonda is interesting, in that she comes from Hollywood. Phony from birth. But married rich. Not like she had to, but why not. Ted Turner cheated on her like you wouldn't believe (according to her official biographer). And yet, the charade goes on.
So the Emmy's last night brought her out because she reunited with Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin, her "9 to 5" buddies. Incidentally, Burt worked with Dolly on "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" and couldn't glow enough about her. Her chest might be fake, but she does her best just to make people happy. That's my type of gal.
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