The Lisa Bonet "Substance" the Mainstream Won't Touch (2012)
Let’s be real: the mainstream media wants to talk about Lisa Bonet as some “bohemian icon.” On the CMS, we call a spade a spade. We look at the trajectory—from the peak of cinematic intensity in Angel Heart to being “ruined” by Lenny Kravitz and ending up in a John Cusack flick.
Bonet was the voice of a generation that thought they were too big for their own britches. She skipped away from The Cosby Show four or five times because she thought she was a star, only to realize that the “music man” lifestyle—specifically Kravitz’s brand of it—eats the substance out of an artist. We dive into the…
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