iriswills
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Why is VF choosing to do this now of all times and what exactly about this story makes it worthy of a cover? They've done these posthumous articles about celebrities many times but only with a few people have they given it cover space. My only hope is that they undertake this with a bit of class and do reveal something that is both poignant and truly newsworthy.
At first, I thought I should give credit to Vanity Fair for doing this now (poignant story or not). This will sound tacky and disrespectful but, in death, Heath became the heir to James Dean, an undeniable and alluring talent that we came to love too late. We all felt "it" when Heath died, and I can't fault us (or the media) for recognizing it this soon. Would Heath not have made a VF cover story ten years from now? I think he would have. Should Vanity Fair have waited for ten years to do a cover story on someone that grabbed our attention so fiercely? I'm not so sure. But you are 100% correct in questioning the actual content of the story itself. If VF is going to do the Heath cover story, it needs to be an homage and NOT just tabloid filler. I don't mind "early" poignant.. but it has to be poignant.