Funny or Offensive?: Frances Bean’s Suicide Party
Sep 19 2008 | Comments 4
The daughter of Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain, who committed suicide 14 years ago, just had her sweet 16 party — and the theme was the death of childhood, or, as she put it in an email to friends, her “suicidal 16.”
Jeez. That’s kind of weird, right? Your dad kills himself, and you choose that as your theme? Glad she didn’t have a bat mitzvah.
Frances Bean Cobain has suicide-themed 16th birthday party
liz | 2:44 PM | Uncategorized
To be fair, if you’d grown up known primarily for being the child of a famous suicide victim, it might mess with your perspective just a wee bit.
I am saying neither.
Being the daughter of Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain is probably going to mess with your head a bit.
That and when you 16 you are totally into the myth of yourself you are going to do stuff like call you 16th birthday party suicidal 16.
To quote E.A. Poe – “Being young and dipt folly / I fell in love with melancholy” Just a teenager being a teenager.
Given her lineage I’d opt for ‘None of our Business.’
Of course being raised by Courtney is a handicap for any kid; if you can’t see she’s slightly loony, then you’re not paying attention.
Working with many whose parents committed suicide I’d say: don’t expect a 16 y/o who never knew their dad to be much more sensitive about it than they are toward a stranger’s death…
…but Courtney funded this and allowed it to proceed.
No wonder Kurt was preparing to divorce her when he died, according to Kurt’s attorney.
As the son of someone who committed suicide before I was born (and more importantly, knowing many others like me), I doubt his death messed with her perspective, so much as being raised and influenced by a complete crackhead.
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