Amanda Bynes by 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp An analysis of how Amanda Bynes' star image has developed and changed over time. en-us 2022-10-26 10:48:58 UTC 2022-11-24 19:45:21 UTC hello@padlet.com 1) The start of Amanda Bynes' career 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2368263186 Amanda Bynes rose to fame as a child actress (8 years old) on the Nickelodeon show, All That. 
In 1999 Bynes then starred in her own sketch comedy show, The Amanda Show which became the most successful show on Nickelodeon and led her to winning the Favourite Television Actress award at the Kids’ Choice Awards 4 years in a row. 
]]> 2022-11-03 11:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2368263186 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2368271967 In 2002, the New York Times labelled Bynes a new kind of child star. "Ms. Bynes is like Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett and Gilda Radner rolled into one 16-year-old package," 
Dan Schneider, who famously created many of Nickelodeon's TV shows said "I’ve seen kids in her position experiment with drugs and be too promiscuous, but Amanda has avoided all of that." 
Ironic, because anyone who knows the Amanda Bynes story knows that Dan Schneider couldn't be more wrong.


]]> 2022-11-03 11:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2368271967 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2368298559 Her star image was strongly seen as clean-cut and wholesome. She was praised for her charisma and comedic talent.]]> 2022-11-03 11:54:10 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2368298559 2) Shift to adult phase of acting career 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2368309752 From 2003-2007, she starred in a number of movies, including what a girl wants, she's the man, lovewrecked and Sydney White.
Bynes is most well known for her role in the 2006 film she's the man alongside film star Channing Tatum. 
]]> 2022-11-03 12:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2368309752 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371731051 The film was a moderate commercial success, grossing $57.2 million on a $20-25 million budget. Critics gave the film mixed reviews, but they praised Bynes' performance.]]> 2022-11-06 14:55:41 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371731051 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371742358 She's the man was both the peak of her career and a catalyst for a private turmoil for Bynes. 
In 2018 Amanda Bynes admitted "when the movie came out, and I saw it, I went into a deep depression for four to six months because I didn’t like how I looked when I was a boy," she said.

]]> 2022-11-06 15:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371742358 Star Image 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371752192 "I was always the quirky girl. I'm much more comfortable being goofy than being the sex kitten." - Amanda 

After positive reviews on her role in Hairspray she spoke up about her fears of being typecast as a 'goody-goody' and went on to say "I'd love to do something that would shock people, something that's against type,".

]]> 2022-11-06 15:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371752192 3) Easy A 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371758832 Screen Gems' president at the time said that Bynes was one of the few actors who "can make that graceful transition from kid to adult star because she has such strong comic chops".
However, her supporting role in Easy A was far from the adult role she desperately craved.]]> 2022-11-06 15:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371758832 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371783456 At just 24 years old, Bynes' appearance in Easy A ultimately convinced her to retire from acting. Her career was essentially over.

In fact, she hasn't appeared in another feature film since.


]]> 2022-11-06 16:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371783456 Announcing her retirement 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371786639 "I literally couldn’t stand my appearance in that movie and I didn’t like my performance," Bynes told Paper Magazine in 2018.
"I was absolutely convinced I needed to stop acting after seeing it,".
]]> 2022-11-06 16:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371786639 • Potential for interaction between star and audience (authentic voice to audiences) 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371798821 It is presumed that stars author their own tweets and this article suggests that "tweets may offer something more authentic than traditional star-fan interactions, but they too remain an embodied and self-reflexive performance of the self" (Thomas, 2014). By twitter being the first place Amanda Bynes announced her retirement, she reinforced twitter's ability for this type of contemporary stardom and relationship between celebrity and fan as different to traditional relationships. ]]> 2022-11-06 16:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371798821 4) The troubled star 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371820312 2012 was defined by a series of arrests for Amanda Bynes – drink driving, 2 hit and runs and driving on a suspended license. In total, she had 7 car accidents in 2012.]]> 2022-11-06 16:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371820312 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371824412 More trouble with the law in May 2013. She was taken into custody after she reportedly was seen smoking marijuana in the lobby of her New York City apartment building and later allegedly threw a bong out of her apartment window.]]> 2022-11-06 16:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371824412 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371830024 The troubled performer again found herself under psychiatric observation that July. She had reportedly started a fire near the driveway of a home in Thousand Oaks, California. Local authorities investigated the incident and decided to bring Bynes in custody. She was placed on a psychiatric hold, known as a "5150," which allowed the actress to be detained for 72 hours in a mental health facility. A judge agreed to extend her stay and give her parents temporary guardianship of their daughter. Bynes then spent time in a rehabilitation center. ]]> 2022-11-06 17:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371830024 5)Troubles Escalated 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371836175 After receiving treatment, Bynes appeared to be trying to turn her life around. In September, Bynes was arrested for driving under the influence. She was charged with a misdemeanor and released after posting a bail amount of $15,000.

Bynes's troubles seemed to escalate after that incident. On October 10, Bynes was placed on psychiatric hold at a hospital in Pasadena, California. 
]]> 2022-11-06 17:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371836175 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371844109 Legal troubles and mental health issues landed her in a conservatorship in 2013. Her mother, Lynn, was granted conservatorship of the 26-year-old actress]]> 2022-11-06 17:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371844109 6) Twitter 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371850799 While Bynes disappeared completely from our screens, the former child star also began chronicling every aspect of her life on her Twitter feed.

On a daily basis, Byne's "crazy" tweets were chronicled in 'funny lists' online. Instead of being sympathetic to Bynes' obvious struggles with mental health, tabloids continued to run derogatory stories about the former star.

Unlike the breakdowns of former child stars, like Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears, Bynes' fall from grace played out entirely in the public eye. We watched second by second as her increasingly questionable tweets rolled in.

]]> 2022-11-06 17:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371850799 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371878289 Starts showing erratic behaviour. - Makes racist remarks about Rihanna and claims NYPD sexually harassed her.

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To signal her role-playing, Bynes' performance as Viola/Sebastian heavily relies on gendered codes of body language and speech patterns. These simultaneously deployed strategies for marking gender might blur categories of difference by suggesting an easy oscillation between socially constructed ideals of feminine and masculine. 
These blurred lines between feminitiy and masculinity could have led to Amanda Bynes' depression and how she "didn't like how she looked as a boy".]]> 2022-11-06 19:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2371940922 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2381822878 2022-11-13 20:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2381822878 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2381823274 2022-11-13 20:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2381823274 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2381823716 2022-11-13 20:46:21 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2381823716 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2381824195 2022-11-13 20:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2381824195 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2381825451 2022-11-13 20:49:47 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2381825451 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2385311079 Amanda Bynes posting provocative twitter rows, topless selfies and her multiple arrests has led to her star image being greatly damaged. The teen star once known for her cute, kiddie-friendly films with a once-shiny acting career is now becoming better known for her disturbing behaviour.]]> 2022-11-15 18:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2385311079 Fan Reactions - Twitter Comments 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394489806 Insight into public/fan's reaction to Amanda Bynes' posts on Twitter. There is lots of negativity and disbelief towards her behaviour. This shows the contrast between the way the public viewed her at the start of her career versus now.]]> 2022-11-22 17:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394489806 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394506706 Threatened to sue any tabloids that published unflattering photos of her and talked about her mental state.]]> 2022-11-22 17:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394506706 7) Mental Illness 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394506962 Her Twitter rants were incoherent and did not sound like the same Amanda we used to know. She appeared with a much more disheveled appearance, rocking a matted blonde wig and dermal piercings. Bynes also surgically altered her appearance by getting a few plastic surgery procedures done and constantly tweeted about how she needed to improve her appearance. She said on Twitter that she has an eating disorder so she struggles to stay thin.]]> 2022-11-22 17:36:15 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394506962 8) Drugs 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394515804 Bynes has spoken about her use of recreational drugs like marijuana, molly ecstasy, and Adderall, she says she faked the symptoms of ADD to get prescribed so she could lose weight.]]> 2022-11-22 17:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394515804 9) Road To Recovery? 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394521373 Things appeared to be looking up for Bynes when she was released from her hospitalization in 2014. She moved back in with her parents, and she even enrolled in The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM).

However, people became concerned again when she was arrested for another DUI and made a series of allegations against her own father, claiming that he verbally, physically, and sexually abused her and said she would try to record things he did as evidence to get him thrown in jail and that she wants to get a restraining order against him. ]]> 2022-11-22 17:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394521373 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394523493 The very same day, she tweeted “My dad never did any of those things. The microchip in my brain made me say those things but he's the one that ordered them to microchip me.” It was also in 2014 that she was kicked out of FIDM for allegedly showing up high to class and for cheating.]]> 2022-11-22 17:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394523493 10) Conservatorship #2 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394525432 Bynes was again placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold for 72 hours, and her mother was awarded a conservatorship over her daughter for the second time. Bynes announced on Twitter that she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and manic depression.]]> 2022-11-22 17:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394525432 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394528977 2022-11-22 17:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394528977 11) Present Day 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394546319 Bynes has mostly stayed out of the spotlight in recent years and for good reason. Her conservatorship has been extended throughout the years before it officially came to an end in 2022 after 9 years. Things seemed to be looking up for Bynes in recent years, even giving an exclusive interview where she announced her intention to return to acting, but that day never came. ]]> 2022-11-22 18:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394546319 Fans Support 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394548445 Many people in the Free Britney movement began to throw their support behind Bynes.]]> 2022-11-22 18:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394548445 12) Relationship 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394552122 Bynes posted an alarming video on her Instagram story recently saying that she was afraid of her fiancé and that he had stopped taking his medication. She went on to say that he vandalized his mom’s home, put salmon under her bed, and that she found his secret stash of crack cocaine which he has been using for the past six months. Not much is known about Paul Michael other than they met in rehab.]]> 2022-11-22 18:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394552122 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394553800 Bynes, who was once admired for being a beautiful, witty, and endearing young actress, not only looks but sounds unrecognizable during these episodes. ]]> 2022-11-22 18:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394553800 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394555197 2022-11-22 18:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394555197 13) Acknowledging The Past 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394560852 In this interview, 32-year-old Amanda shows an honest, empathetic, and optimistic side while opening up about her early days in the acting business, her struggles with depression and substance abuse, and the advice she'd give to those facing similar battles.]]> 2022-11-22 18:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394560852 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394561807
  • On what happened after she decided to quit acting: "I just had no purpose in life." " I would 'wake and bake' and literally be stoned all day long. [I started] hanging out with a seedier crowd and I isolated a lot . . . I got really into my drug usage and it became a really dark, sad world for me."

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  • On her sporadic tweets: "I'm really ashamed and embarrassed with the things I said. And I'm so sorry to whoever I hurt and whoever I lied about because it truly eats away at me. It makes me feel so horrible and sick to my stomach and sad. Everything I worked my whole life to achieve, I kind of ruined it all through Twitter. It's definitely not Twitter's fault — it's my own fault."

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  • On getting back into acting and looking forward to the future: "I have no fear of the future. I've been through the worst and came out the other end and survived it so I just feel like it's only up from here."

    • ]]>     2022-11-22 18:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394564411     14) Reverted Image? 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394575240 Amanda Bynes has acknowledged and not completely ignored her past mistakes and made multiple apologies, trying to restore her once clean star image. The former child star notched another positive achievement with her graduation from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in June 2018 and announced her engagement to Paul Michael in 2020.

    ]]>     2022-11-22 18:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394575240     201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394577496 2022-11-22 18:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394577496 Lieve Gies (2011) Stars Behaving Badly, Feminist Media Studies, 11:3,347-361, 201489281 https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394584435 According to this article, celebrity downfall is simply part of the narrative of celebrity culture, which could explain why the public tolerate celebrity indiscretions. However, it also claims that there are limits to how much can be tolerated by the public. (p.357)]]> 2022-11-22 18:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/201489281/hhtpqbbf77u27ulp/wish/2394584435