As it happened I spent a lot of time on subway trains today and from the available reading material in my bag I ended up reading the articles “Transfigured” about the writer Muriel Sparks in the April 5, 2010 New Yorker and this week’s New York Times Magazine cover story “M.I.A.’S AGITPROP POP” about the singer Maya Arulpragasam, also known as M.I.A.
There are quite a few similarities between the two women.
I wonder about them and think of other female performers who have persona driven careers that are more interesting than the “art” that they produce.