A Kiss 'Au Revoir,' Brangelina
NOT PRIVY TO THE INNER SANCTUM KNOWN AS BRANGELINA, I can only guess that the song on perpetual loop in their half dozen homes dotting the globe is, "We Are The World." At the very least I am sure the song repeats constantly inside their self-absorbed minds. Listen closely and you can hear:
"We are the World, we are the children.
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving.
There's a choice we're making.
We're saving our own lives.
It's true, we'll make a better day, just you and me."
This insight comes to mind as news outlets report that the expecting Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have, "after months of house-hunting...have bought a chateau in the south of France and plan to make it their family home."
Wait a minute, wasn't it just a few months ago that world's most noble citizens had enrolled their eldest Maddox in a French school in New York? The poor boy lasted a month before he was pulled out and shipped back to La La Land. And wasn't it just shortly before that when the couple bought a $3.5 million French Quarter mansion and told US magazine, "We love it there. The kids are going to go to school there. We're really looking forward to it.”
And of course all this happened in between and around trips to Chicago and Alberta, Canada and Prague.
And let's not forget Vietnam, where they visited to pick out a puppy, I mean third adopted child. Isn't that cute? They even changed the boy's name, redubbing him Pax!
And let's not forget the world's awaiting of the couple's biological daughter "Shiloh," meaning "messiah." Angelina rented herself an entire Namibian resort so she could give birth far from the prying lenses of paparazzi, thus enabling her to sell the first photo of the blessed child for a reported $4 million. That's one savvy missionary for you.
These poor kids are so jostled around, but you can't feel bad for Maddox, Zahara, Shiloh and Pax. Because I can just hear their cute little voices singing in harmony, "We are the world, we are the children..."
Does the word "overexposed" mean anything? All of this to say, bon voyage, Brangelina. Here's hoping that your kids really find out what home means in France.
Posted February 28, 2008
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