Soooo . . . Mischa Barton has been hauled off the nut-house, but I’m still bored with her. We’ve already had our Britney inspried psychiatric meltdown this year with Susan Boyle, and honestly, Susan did it better.
According to Access Hollywood, Barton was placed under an involuntary psychiatric hold (a.k.a 5150) after a non-911 call was placed from her residence. This was the same code used to hold Brit Brit twice in ‘08 and according to Section 5150 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code authorities are allowed to hold Barton for a total of 72 hours. An officer confirmed to People that they were assisting the actress with “a medical issue.”
In order to be placed under a 5150, a person must be a threat to themselves or others, or have a mental disorder. If that’s all it takes then the entire population of L.A. should be under a psychiatric hold. Heck, the entire population of the world. I haven’t met a human yet who didn’t have something wrong with their brains (myself extra included).
Because of her current status the actress was unable to attend the premiere of her new movie Homecoming on Thursday night, though I’m sure all this “Mischa’s insane” media coverage has been a publicity boon for the film. In fact, all of this could have been arranged by the producers.
Despite this drama, Mischa’s still kind of “bleh” in my world; her madness isn’t compelling to me yet. I still get a tear in my eye when I think about back when Britney got all crazy in the head. I had spent years not really noticing Britney, but when she started flashin’ her crotch, shaving her head, attacking cars with umbrellas, and being dragged from her residence by an army of ambulances, I started to feel a kinship with her. I didn’t really give a half-chewed stick of Juicy Fruit for her until I caught a glimpse of her crazy-eyes, and then I knew that we were really two Southern girls with a penchant to come undone if provoked.
Of course, although Britney’s act wasn’t my thing, she definitely was/is one of the world’s most captivating pop stars ever. Love her or not, she’s allways been a glittery mix of flash and trash, sex and innocence that’s entranced billions of people. I’m guessing I could count the number of people Mischa Barton’s entranced on my left foot. But maybe a little insanity will do her some good, show her the world with new eyes and help sculpt her into an actor of depth and brilliance unmatched today. We will weep at her performances and she will snatch yet another potential Oscar from Meryl Streep’s hands.
~ Carrie Glass
