Blog Minx

I have just started watching a TV series called The Tudors, based on the eventful love life of King Henry VIII. It takes a few liberties with historical fact (it’s more the sexed-up Mills & Boon version), and Jonathon Rhys Myers is far too boyish to play such a heavyweight (and heavy) figure. Perhaps he will prove me wrong by the time we reach the sixth wife.

The reason I mention it is that King Henry probably wanted to be remembered as a brave, noble king who excelled at hunting (animals, not just women). Instead, he is remembered in sensationalist tabloid style as a saggy, syphilis-addled tyrant who chopped some of his wives’ heads off, divorced others and changed religions to suit his marital whims.

Likewise, in more modern times, Britney Spears probably wants to remembered as good Mom and performer, but at the rate she is going will be remembered as a flaky, lip-syncing ditz who shaves her head and regularly emerges from cars sans lingerie. Amazingly, it is reported that despite doing almost nothing recently she still rakes in over $700K a month. And she is currently #2 in today’s Google searches for the aforementioned disastrous MTV performance.

So is being remembered for seemingly negative things better than not being remembered at all? Is bad publicity better than no publicity? What say you?