Ive heard so many mums shake their heads over the Bieber obsession. They peer, bemused, at the posters on their childrens bedroom walls. Hes just not that good looking, is he? Look at those eyebrows! Hes not that sexy. Which along with his much vaunted Christianity is what makes him so safe. Hes short and cuddly with an endearingly gawky vulnerability to him.
New York magazine noted his resemblance to a woodland creature, while a commentator in the Atlantic amusingly described him as Galahad in puffy sneakers, brandishing his virginity like a lightsabre. I think he looks like a computer avatar, with that smooth helmet of hair, upturned little nose and range of bright purple and turquoise hoodies. He has such big eyelashes that chatroom gossips insist hes a girl. Because his voice has not yet broken, he does still sing a bit like one.
Tom Payne, author of Fame: From the Bronze Age to Britney, points out that the lust for asexual individuals has many historical precedents. You can go back in history to castrato singers like Farinelli, who caused bosoms to heave back in the 18th century, he says. One titled lady became so overwhelmed during one of his London performances that she screamed from her box: One God, one Farinelli!, and found her fandom immortalised in a detail from Plate II of William Hogarths A Rakes Progress.
But the forces of fame work like those of physics. For every gush of puppy love, there is an equal and opposite antipathy. Which explains the surge of Bieber bile youll find spilled on the internet. Haters have attempted to spread rumours that he has syphilis, that he has joined a cult, that his mother is posing topless for Playboy or that he has been killed in a car accident. Much of this stuff appears to originate from teens and tweens who resent Bieber appearing as the butter-wouldnt-melt spokesman for their generation. My friends 11-year-old daughter, Dora, has banned Bieber CDs from her upcoming party.
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