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The following comments are brutally honest ones and somewhere down below contain descriptive words that might seem like are bashing Kat, but (to the Moderators, please understand what I am trying to say with as much controlled manners as possible) I assure you, I am not bashing Kat. I'm just expressing the thoughts that are going through my mind.
My Reaction to the "Fallen Angel" photoshoot:
I recently saw the "Fallen Angel" photoshoot pics and I gotta say, I don't like them. I know Kat is a classy person who can be sexy without going over the edge but I'm sorry to say that these pics are inappropriate.
I don't really approve of the dark mascara or dark eye makeup at all. That sort of thing does not match Kat's image at all. I don't like seeing the dark/evil gothic look on a pretty face like Kat's, that's not her one bit.
And some of the outfits she is wearing in those pics, the one where she is wearing a black mask and is holding a whip (looks like one to me at least), it makes her look like she is one of those "Bad Boy" hookers that you see in these old 80's movies who the men take back to their hotel room and get a rough spanking. And I know that's not Kat.
And the title of the photo shoot or magazine or whatever it's called does not match who Kat is not even the slightest.
"Fallen Angel" do you know what that means? "Fallen Angel" is another way to describe the devil because originally Satan was an angel in heaven but he was one of the angels who had fallen out of heaven and dropped into Hell. All of us know for a fact that Kat is not a fallen angel. Kat is not evil, Kat is not bad, Kat's personality isn't the Gothic dark side.
This whole photoshoot has nothing to even do with who Kat portrays herself out to be. There really is no one to blame for this except her because she agreed to do it and why she agreed I have no idea.
I realize I am being harsh and probably rude in this response but this is how I feel about this decision she has made. As fans lets face the truth, Kat is not perfect, she does make mistakes like anyone else but this photo shoot....it's not who she is at all and dare I say it, she does not look beautiful in these pics. The dark make-up takes away the beauty and gives you something evil and quite scary looking ( and I mean scary in a bad way).
I realize for Kat that it's all dress up for her where she likes to experiment and have fun with it but when making that decision you have to think how people will react. Okay so she experimented, had her fun and now as a result, I'm not seeing anything that pleases me.
As Katfan49 wrote in his masterpiece writing: This is one bad tile that Kat has made and I hope that I don't see anymore tiles like this.
Katharine is a performer. Everything she does is a performance. Performance = Act. Every time she sings she is playing a part. Every time she takes a picture she is playing a part for a brief moment. And she is very very good at it. This is why I know she is going to be a great actress. And she is going to play a lot of different parts in her movies. None of them will be the real her. Some of them she might even play a bad or even an evil character. So what? It is acting. As are these pictures. No one involved in this shoot is being anti-religous. That is only your perception. Actually I thought the shoot was part S & M/B & D, part biker leather, but each to his own interpretation.
"Fallen Angel" might be interpreted by some to be Lucifer. To me it means "Angel" as in a girl who is seen as very beautiful and sweet and good. The "Fallen" means reality has caught up with her and she finds herself not so perfect or innocent after all. In this particular case it is just a throw away phrase that fits the photo shoot. Relax - no matter now edgy Katharine tries to be we know she will always be a total sweetheart.
I've known quite a few Goths, even dated one when that fashion movement first started way back in the 80s. As a group they have been the nicest bunch of people I've ever met in my life. Sorry but I think your reaction is extreme. I don't see any harm in these pictures at all. They are just very edgy. You will probably find yourself in the minority with your opinion of them. You are welcome to your opinion and thanks for sharing it. I hope you will respect everyone else's opinion on this, including Katharine's.
At least it is 444 magazine and not...oh never mind!
Even liberal me wouldn't be happy with Katharine doing a Playboy shoot.
And I'd say so and then have to get over it and live with it.
We all have our own opinions and ideas of what Katharine McPhee is as a person. When she says or does something that goes against what you have come to believe that she is, it is most likely your own fault for coming to that conclusion in the first place.
Fans who build some rigid, unbending idea of what Katharine is will most likely end up disappointed when she does something to show that she is NOT what they believed her to be.
Whether this photoshoot and interview is a "mistake" or not should be determined by Katharine McPhee herself, not by a few fans who feel that it goes against the idea that they have built in their own mind of what Katharine is.
I love the photos, I think they're sexy, artistic, hot, playful, AND classy. Everything that Katharine is to me.
One of the reasons for why I was drawn to the idea of being a Kat Phan was her personality.. or lack of a fundamental external one. It seems like she's one of those people who behaves sorta like me.. and like you and like almost everyone. She tends to mirror people.. not in a sense of jest but out of insecurity... (If you've noticed in some of her interviews) because she feels that people will be more comfortable in talking to someone who talks just like them.
But, despite that, she holds her principles with her. She knows what's right and what's wrong and harmful to someone. If there's anything that would hurt someone, I doubt she'd do it intentionally. Whereas, if she were to sacrifice something to make someone else happy, I have a feeling she might do it. So long as it doesn't hurt anyone, she's fine with doing it.
I think, she believes that this isn't hurting/shouldn't hurt anyone quite seriously. She knows that she's not who that person is and you know that too. That's what is important. I think she'd rather people give her the benefit of the doubt.
Gosh, I'll stop now, I'm talking about me through her.
Anyway, the point is this. She's happy knowing that there are people who know who the real her is. She knows that things like Playboy and other whatevers (Indian living in a village here ) break her limits.
Okay, seriously stopping now.
ETA: Okay, I found something that better suits this "McPhee, for instance rarely holds a steady note, nor sings a syllable like the previous, or the next. She charges each moment of sound with its own individual greatness: with soul. " The same is with her, she lives every moment to her best... whatever the situation be. If she's going to play out as a bad girl, she's going to do it all out (Within her ethical limits). So long as it's not degrading, it shouldn't matter.. atleast in an ideal world.
Got to disagree Ken.
There have been portrait painters for thousands of years and protrait photographers for 150. In both of these cases the artist or photographer's objective is to capture the true person.
This photoshoot and most of the artier ones are more akin to acting where the subject is asked to play the part that the photographer has in mind. He wanted Katharine because of her beauty and probably because by now she has a reputation as being a great photographers subject due to her inate and learned acting ability.
I think this is great for Katharine. It really is her third career and will give her great exposure for the other two.
nvm