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 “ruination” of one of the 80s’ biggest crushes and why the metal community’s standard for “hot” always had a shelf life when voodoo and Kravitz were involved.

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