Cult of Celebrity
Okay...just a show of hands here, but who else is sick to friggin' death of hearing about Lindsey Lohan? What about Jessica Simpson? "Brangelina"? Britney & K-Fed?
What in the hell is wrong with people? I include myself in that question, because I'm just as guilty of reading the gossip sites and tabloids as everyone else. But seriously...what's wrong with us? Why do we give a damn about any of those celebrities and their lives? Am I going to be able to call in sick to work because I'm suffering from "exhaustion"? Nope (not if I want to keep my job...which, by the way, pays less per year than Jessica Simpson probably drops on a couple of fugly handbags).
You know, the whole celebrity worship culture we've got going on in this country is actually embarrassing, when you stop and think about it. We've got children in this country who are going to bed dirty and hungry (that is, if they have their own beds to go to) but people are more concerned about seeing a photo of Tom Cruise's loinspawn. We've got women in this country who are suffering through miserable relationships where they're regularly beaten and humiliated, but we're more interested in the fact that Paris Hilton has broken up with her latest Greek shipping heir. Our priorities are screwed, and no one seems to really care.
The whole situation reminds me of "They Live"--you know the movie...society is brainwashed by aliens to see only what they want to see and everything has hidden subliminal messages that control the masses. It's like as long as people care about Mel Gibson acting like a drunken jerk, they won't care about what really matters, like war or terrorism or anything ooky like that. It's like a magician waving around a pretty scarf so you won't notice him slipping the dove out of his jacket. The art of distraction, but practiced by whom? The conspiracy theorist in me has some ideas.
I still read the gossip sites to kill time, and I'll page through a tabloid if there's nothing else to look at, but why in God's name does anyone other than the celebrities and their immediate families actually CARE about these people?
It's enough to drive a girl into the hospital for exhaustion.
What in the hell is wrong with people? I include myself in that question, because I'm just as guilty of reading the gossip sites and tabloids as everyone else. But seriously...what's wrong with us? Why do we give a damn about any of those celebrities and their lives? Am I going to be able to call in sick to work because I'm suffering from "exhaustion"? Nope (not if I want to keep my job...which, by the way, pays less per year than Jessica Simpson probably drops on a couple of fugly handbags).
You know, the whole celebrity worship culture we've got going on in this country is actually embarrassing, when you stop and think about it. We've got children in this country who are going to bed dirty and hungry (that is, if they have their own beds to go to) but people are more concerned about seeing a photo of Tom Cruise's loinspawn. We've got women in this country who are suffering through miserable relationships where they're regularly beaten and humiliated, but we're more interested in the fact that Paris Hilton has broken up with her latest Greek shipping heir. Our priorities are screwed, and no one seems to really care.
The whole situation reminds me of "They Live"--you know the movie...society is brainwashed by aliens to see only what they want to see and everything has hidden subliminal messages that control the masses. It's like as long as people care about Mel Gibson acting like a drunken jerk, they won't care about what really matters, like war or terrorism or anything ooky like that. It's like a magician waving around a pretty scarf so you won't notice him slipping the dove out of his jacket. The art of distraction, but practiced by whom? The conspiracy theorist in me has some ideas.
I still read the gossip sites to kill time, and I'll page through a tabloid if there's nothing else to look at, but why in God's name does anyone other than the celebrities and their immediate families actually CARE about these people?
It's enough to drive a girl into the hospital for exhaustion.
posted by Beck | 1:12 PM
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