Cher
Born: Cherilyn Sarkisian LaPiere
May 20, 1946
Birthplace: Los Angeles, Calif.
"The problem with most men is they're assholes. The problem with most women is they put up with those assholes."
~ Cher
Analogy of Ironic
Michael Holloway
In 1972 the first tattoo Cher ever got was a butterfly. It was inspired by Sonny Bono and is situated right on her...you guessed it...both cheeks, too.
She joked about how her tattoos would look as she got older, and that they might sag (even on that graceful frame). Now, Cher thinks tattoos are "just stupid." She’s in the process of having them removed and vows the last one to go will be her infamous first.
Though Sonny and Cher's marriage cracked like those famous cheeks, Cher is still proud of having been rebellious enough to be one of the first women of her generation to go under the needle.
Rebellion and Independence
"The butterfly was more than a symbol of rebellion. It was really the first step of an experiment to start making decisions on my own. It was daring and exciting. I was cool," said Cher.
Daring and exciting would have been appropriate middle names for Cher.
Titillating
Perhaps her most scintillating music video would be that of her phenomenal 80s anthem If I Could Turn Back Time.
It was a 'cheeky' rendition of 1930s-1940s tap dancer extraordinaire Eleanor Powell's memorable dance routines, Swingin' the Jinx Away and the finale of the 1936 musical, Born to Dance.
Cher Couldn't Tap
Yet, she certainly got the sailors' pulses going with her racy dance and soaring vocals, turning the nautical number into a naughty number. Both Cher and Powell pulled the big guns in varying degrees of shocking displays of raunch, and adding a frenzy of splits, high kicks, straddling cannons that all climax together creating a sizzling performance.
Cher-If I Could Turn Back Time
Funny Stuff
Cher got away with a lot more in the 80s than Powell could in the 30s-40s. Cher turned what was once deemed a graceful striptease into a veritable orgy that would have made even Caligula dash to queue up at the Viagra counter of his local apothecary.
Eleanor Powell-Born to Dance
Bette Midler once said that women of her generation had to be "as confident as Cleopatra's pussy."
Cher reiterates: "In this business you have to be tough, and if someone pushes me really far I can certainly be impossible. I've always said, if you're nice they walk over you and if you stand up for yourself they call you a bitch."
Cher's bravado gives her the stamina she needs, having competed in the previously male-dominated world of live musical entertainment. She defiantly displays her immense electricity in her eclectic costumes and stage performances. The stage is not the only place she is a leading lady.
The Queen of the stage and the Crib
Cher also plays the leading lady in the palace bedroom with some hot, leading men. The list is as impressive as her wardrobe and performances.
She started with Warren Beatty, married Sonny Bono then Greg Allman. Had a non-sexual fling with Elvis (regrets turning him down). Then had fun with: Val Kilmer, Gene Simmons, Eric Stoltz (who played her on-screen son in the 1984 drama "Mask"), Michael Bolton, Tom Cruise, Richie Sambora, David Geffen, Mark Hudson, Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, and Ray Liotta.
Cher's Philosophy on Men Still Prevails
“A girl can wait for the right man to come along, but in the meantime that still doesn't mean she can't have a wonderful time with all the wrong ones.”