As far as I know - and I've had a damn good look - there is only one very short interview extant, the culturepoing one with her, Adele and Sciamma. I can see how it might be expedient to sidestep the whole PR process, to avoid becoming typecast as Marie, or as a 'gay actress'; certainly none of her other work [AFAICS] involves the theme of lesbianism [or even teenage 'crushing'].
Many people are no doubt stupid enough to imagine that because PAB played Sciamma's Marie so well, she 'must' be of lesbian persuasion...I remember that site I posted a while back,
http://s1.zetaboards.com/L_Anon/topic/4679676/8/, that was debating whether Adele 'pinged their gaydar' - they nearly all appeared to consider Pauline a done deal. I would find that kind of insulting, I think, in her shoes, even if I
was gay, because after all her preference is none of anyone else's business.
I wonder if it's artmedia's advice that has resulted in this - apparent? - policy of silence and invisibilty [presence by absence, see William Gibson, 'Spook Country'], or if it's the result of unfortunate experiences in photo shoots, or both... There is at least one pic extant from early on, PAB sat on a stool with a backdrop of yucky polythene, with an expression that looks like pure disgust with the photographer to me.
The whole sick 'celebrity' circus, the gossip magazines and the rest of the crap, all act as though there is some kind of God-given Public Right To Know even the most intimate life details of a 'celeb', and as snaps has observed, the French have much better privacy legislation than most; for whatever reason, PAB is using it to the max, and letting the work speak for itself. Bonne Chance Pauline!
Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 8:55 am
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