Daddy Dearest

Montana Fishburne. Recognise the name? You will.

She is the 19 year-old daughter of acclaimed (by some) actor Laurence Fishburne.

Ah. Here we go.

Montana has taken it upon herself to start a career in adult film. And by that I mean porn. Dirty, dirty, porn. She is, for all intensive purposes, a porn star. At nineteen. I find this a little disturbing for a few reasons.

One, she’s shat on the hand that feeds her. If my father were a politician, or any public figure, I wouldn’t go and do (for example) heroin in the streets. That would be bad for me in the long run. It would screw my father, which would screw me. Likewise, this $25,000 job and a chance at fame seem to be more than enough for Montana to liquidate her father’s entire career as a springboard for that oh-so-precious fifteen minutes of fame that Warhol was always rabbiting on about.

Bad move.

You’re not going to be real famous. You’re not even going to be porn famous. You will always be Laurence Fishburne’s daughter that’s in a porno. That’s all. But it worked for Paris Hilton! It worked for Kim Kardashian! Sure. You know how Meryl Streep and Jenna James are on the same plane. Everyone respects them the same, right?

Maybe this is all indicative of a shitty culture that values fame above all else. It doesn’t mean more to do something well. It doesn’t mean more to be talented or work hard. NO, I MUST BE FAMOUS. NO MATTER THE COST.

Enter Jersey Shore. But I digress.

Two, she’s nineteen! Is that really the best way to start your sexual escapades as an adult: in high definition video? That could be really bad for your mental stability. People only want to have sex with you because your dad is in the spotlight. People will PAY you for sex because of that. I’m sensing some past missed dance recitals and some future visits to the therapist.

Three, it worked! People are talking about her. So I guess she wins, right? RIGHT? I mean, I never heard of her before. She’s famous now!

On the other hand, who knows? Who cares? Why other people’s daughters and not Morpheus’? It’s already yesterday’s news and I’m already sick of it. I just hope that during the video they have The Matrix playing in the background. The last one. The shitty one.

I’d watch that.