COMO AUDREY HEPBURN SE TORNOU UM ÍCONE? | SOCIOCRÔNICA

COMO AUDREY HEPBURN SE TORNOU UM ÍCONE? | SOCIOCRÔNICA 

From daughter of fascists to award-winning figure, Aldrin Harbor left Hollywood at her peak and yet became a reference, left a legacy, and has even inspired comic book characters. This is Sócio Crônica, and we’re going to highlight another pop culture icon [Music]. That’s all,  we are the creators of Sócio Crônica for those who don’t know, and we want to invite you to check out our crowdfunding campaign on Apoia-se.

 All the money raised in the campaign is reinvested in the growth of the channel. Thank you very much for believing in our work. Now let’s go to the video. She was born in Belgium on May 4, 1929, the daughter of an aristocrat and a Baroness descended from Dutch nobility. Her parents supported fascism when the movement grew in Europe in the 1930s.

 Her mother even wrote articles for magazines defending Nazism, Hitler, and White supremacy. Her father abandoned the family to join the British Fascist Party. But when the war really broke out, Audrey and her mother moved to Holland, thinking it would n’t be invaded—a near- fatal mistake. After all, the Germans invaded Holland in 1940 and 1950.

  The war not only took Audrey’s family fortune but also executed some of her relatives, and the Baroness later became a servant in another wealthy family. To make matters worse, in the winter of ’44, the Germans blocked the food route from Holland, and the small tree suffered great hunger, a hunger so cruel that she became anemic and had respiratory skin problems.

 ” Don’t dismiss anything horrible you hear or read about the Nazis; it’s worse than you could ever imagine,” she once said. Taking advantage of the fact that she went unnoticed by the soldiers, young Audrey also served as a messenger between disguised Allies. She also helped raise money for the resistance by doing shows in secret.

 ” The best audiences I’ve ever had didn’t make a single sound at the end of my performance,” she recounted in an interview. When the war ended in ’45, she tried to revive her dream of being a dancer, but she had become so malnourished and stunted that at 15, ballet was no longer suitable for her.

 That’s when, to earn some money, she turned to acting, performing in plays and appearing in films. Her debut took place in…  Dante, 48, but she soon moved to England for four years. Audrey followed this life until, during the filming of Monte Carlo Baby in 1952, she met the French writer Colette. Colette invited her to be in her play, Gigi, which was to be staged on Broadway in the United States.

 Audrey accepted, and the play proved to be a critical and public success, shining a spotlight on the then- unknown actress. It was thanks to this that, the following year, Audrey Harper landed the role that changed her life: Roman Holiday. It was a success, but not only that; the film made Audrey the first actress to win three major awards for the same performance: an Oscar, a Best Actor, and a Golden Globe, all for Best Actress.

 Three days later, she also won a Tony Award, the highest award in American theater, for her role as Nymph in the Broadway play Dini. In other words, Audrey arrived with a bang. In 1954, she starred in Sabrina alongside William Holden, a new sensation that cemented her place in the new pantheon of Hollywood icons of the 1950s.

 It was thanks to Sabrina that she met the designer Humberto de Givenchy.  Responsible for the film’s costumes was the famous Edith Head, but Audrey wanted authentic French dresses for the film, so she approached Givenchy. However, he only accepted because he thought it was the legendary Ketlyn Heber, not a newcomer.

 A dinner with Audrey was all it took, and the two began one of the most iconic partnerships in vampire cinema. However, he never received credit for Sabrina, while Edith won an Oscar for best costume design for the film. Therefore, Audrey insisted that her friend receive full credit for Funny Face in 1957, a musical where she finally showcased her dancing skills alongside Fred as Esther.

 But the film was a box office failure. However, four years later they bounced back with Breakfast at  Tiffany’s, released in 1961, a critical and box office smash. Based on a story by Truman Capote, the role was written for Marilyn Monroe, but Marilyn’s team wouldn’t release her because it was a role for a Lady of the Night.

 The costumes were again designed by Edith Head and Givenchy, but this time both shared the credit, and the little black dress was made by…  They became one of the most famous in cinema and pop culture [Music]. It was through Breakfast at Tiffany’s that Audrey established herself as a fashion icon and a female reference in history.

 This is because until then there were two opposite types of women predominating on the big screen: types like Doris Day with a fun girl or Marilyn Monroe as the sensual and flamboyant one. Suddenly, a new standard emerged: someone ordinary, less extravagant and more minimalist, in a French vibe that was invading the country.

Apparently, it was also easier for many women to achieve Audrey’s style than Marilyn’s, for example. In the 50s, young working-class women didn’t even have a hairdryer, so short rapper hair was practical as well as modern. Her image better captured the spirit that was taking over in the 60s, with low shoes, tight black pants, and simple style influenced by the Vac Cloud, perhaps, and by the social movements that were growing and demanding more freedom, freshness, and naturalness.

 The rapper, in her own way, even in the classics of the time, brought this very well. Many of Giva’s designs also valued simplicity, meaning they could be easily copied.  by a seamstress at home or imitated by more affordable stores. And that’s exactly what happened; the actress’s style was ardently imitated not only by fans but also by other studios and in fashion, which unfortunately encouraged the extremely thin ideal of the Diva, something she hated since her thinness was caused by tragic issues. But the impact had already been

made, and in ’64 another success, the musical My Fair Lady, but the film brought disappointment to the actress; her singing didn’t please and wasn’t adapted. So she was dubbed in all her singing scenes, except for mere phrases in a single song that go unnoticed—not that her audience cared; the charm of Audrey’s films was how people identified with the feeling of a modern Cinderella she conveyed.

 But the studio’s betrayal stirred her insecurities, and she distanced herself from the scene at the end of the decade until she disappeared in ’67 for 10 years to dedicate herself to her children. When she returned, she only made four more films; her last appearance was as an angel in Always.      Audrey Hepburn, who died on January 20, 1993, at the age of 63, became famous for her intense humanitarian work at the end of her life. Having lived through the war firsthand, she was shocked to see that millions of children were still starving, with few caring.

[Music] Even though she didn’t want to be an actress, she was ranked by the American Film in Set as the third greatest female legend of classic Hollywood cinema, and her timeless image has become synonymous with fashion and intelligence to this day. She inspired Ian Kendall’s criminologist in Ian Carlos’s comics and even Adam Hills’s Catwoman in the 2000s, and she continues to have a legion of fans to this day.

 In other words, it’s not necessary to explain much how and why Audrey is such a true icon, not only for what she did inside but also outside of show business, but as she herself said, success is also in the eye of the beholder. I am just me. Perhaps she didn’t realize that this was exactly what made her different: the fact that she was always true to herself.

[Music] Hi partners, thank you if  You’ve made it this far, and here’s a fun fact: Audrey Hepburn falls into the rare category of egotistical artists who have received major American entertainment awards, like the MTV Movie Awards, the Grammy Awards, and the Tony Awards. Although she only won two of those, she did so once before her death because she made a documentary series, and one of the episodes won an MTV Movie Award.

 Also, in 1992, she released a children’s storybook album that also won a Grammy the following year. So she falls into this special category of artists. Another interesting fact is that she also has an LGBT film in her filmography, which we already mentioned in our video about classic anti-homophobia films. She has a film with Shirley McKellen, a lesbian film about two girls who suffer from gossip, etc.

 It’s a very significant film in LGBT culture and important cinema. And here’s a hint: it ‘s called ’61, and it’s not surprising because her best friend, Divan, was an openly gay man with a husband and everything, and they were very close friends their whole lives. There are photos of them as elderly people in the industry.

  Events are so cute! So that’s it, partners. I hope you enjoyed this video. Comment below what you thought. Who knows, maybe later on Audrey’s birthday we can make another video focusing more on the controversies in her personal life, marriage, betrayals, gossip, because in this one we tried to focus more on her career and cultural impact.

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