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I had a doll once that looked like Mariah Carey - she rode around in her Barbie camper van, usually wearing her wedding dress, Ken nowhere in sight. Sometimes I'd move her arms so she'd flick her hair, and it would land, just so, on her shoulders.
Mariah does exactly that, I noticed happily as she sat in front of me (I mean, I sat in front of her) on the Croisette this afternoon. If there were a gold medal for self-presentation she'd be on the podium - the posture, the lunchtime décolletage, the oversized sunglasses that never left her little nose, it's all there.
I was relieved that it was the real Mariah who showed up on the beach in her nude, floor-length gown, and not the faux Mariah who has a small role in the festival film Precious, as a plain Jane social worker. It's a pretty strong performance, I have to say, but she doesn't even have frosted tips! I spent about 20 minutes thinking, Who is that slightly familiar woman with the raspy voice?
Mariah's friend Lee Daniels is the film's director, and unlike a true friend (who always responds "yes" to the question, "Do I need more makeup," Daniels was determined to strip away the glamorous façade that the singer presents to the world. "On day one, I said, 'No makeup, nothing. Not a stitch on her.' I said, 'Put the bags under her eyes!'"
Mariah laid her hand on Daniels' arm and whispered, "Tell them the blush story" This is the blush story: At one point, Daniels had turned to talk to the film's star, Gabourey Sidibe, who plays the abused but resilient title character, Precious Jones. Mariah was standing just behind him, "and just in my peripheral vision, I see this blush stick appear." So he turned to Mariah: "You're not wearing makeup, are you?"
And Mariah said, "no." (At this point during the story, she put her hand over her eyes in mock humiliation).
Daniels continued: "And I said, 'you are!'; And she said, 'But Gaby's wearing blush!'
They collapsed together in giggles. I am pleased to report that Mariah got her blush licence back, and it's been pedal to the metal ever since.
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