"but the album's most overt homage is to a Hollywood icon with no apparent personal connection to the author. The second song on "Showgirl" is named "Elizabeth Taylor" after the famous actor, who died in 2011 at 79 of congestive heart failure. Taylor became a box-office sensation in the '50s and is often cited as the highest-paid movie star of the '60s, largely thanks to a historic multi-million payday for 1963's "Cleopatra.""
"The two women also share a knack for captivating critics, casual onlookers, and tabloids with their romantic exploits. Taylor's name is synonymous with her eight marriages and seven husbands, which earned her a reputation as a dangerous seductress. The producers and distributors of "Cleopatra" even sued Taylor and her costar-turned-husband, Richard Burton, for "depreciating the commercial value of the movie by their 'scandalous' conduct," The New York Times reported."
The Life of a Showgirl contains a song titled "Elizabeth Taylor" that explicitly references the midcentury movie star. Elizabeth Taylor rose to box-office prominence in the 1950s and became one of the highest-paid movie stars in the 1960s after a multi-million payday for Cleopatra. Her multiple marriages and public scandals drew intense tabloid scrutiny and even legal disputes tied to perceived commercial impact. Taylor Swift has achieved comparable commercial heights with the Eras Tour and Showgirl's record sales while facing scrutiny and trivialization of her songwriting based on her public romances.
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