What do you think of America’s obsession with celebrity culture?
Also, what do you think is the outlook for this subject? Examples and/or just opinions please, thanks.
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Also, what do you think is the outlook for this subject? Examples and/or just opinions please, thanks.
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sports and celebritys are to distract people from what is really going on… and i dont mean whats going on on the news
i mean whats REALLY going on
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It’s sad. We’re becoming just like the UK, with paparazzi speeding around the streets chasing celebs.
Shows like Entertainment Tonight, and the E channel and magazines like People and US promote this by showing paparazzi pics and the celebs themselves who complain about the paparazzi won’t boycott these outlets.
I think anyone who lives vicariously through a celeb needs serious help!
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Most Americans simply don’t give a sh*t. But the media and papers never shut up about who’s dating who, who’s in rehab, who’s had a boob job, etc. Not much we can do about it.
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Or of notoriety.
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myself i don’t pay any of it any attention. i have too many problems in my life to worry about theirs
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Being that culture varies by person, I am not swayed by or obsessed with a celebrity’s culture anymore than the next door neighbor’s.
However, it is interesting to watch some celebrities engage in new religions/cults. I am interested to follow up and see if they truly embrace it or if it is another publicity stunt.
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A few years back, talking about Celebrity Worship Syndrome or Mad Icon Disease was all the rage. This was studied in both British and American universities, and it was found that there were varying degrees as to how people related to celebrities, and the interest shown in them.
The most extreme stereotypical “obsessed/psycho” kind of celebrity admirer aka “fan” makes up 1% of the population….but the media took off with those stats and ran with this and tried to make anyone who even mentions the name of a celebrity in passing look like they’re “obsessed.” That part really sucks because it’s as if they are trying to ruin what is a perfectly innocent and fun pasttime for some people by making them afraid of appearing “deviant” or something…and the older you are the more censurious some people get if they find you enjoy reading about the celebrities or self-identify as a fan of any celebrity. The assumption is that EVERY fan is a stalker in the making and that’s so not fair. Even Dr. Phil jumped on this bandwagon…
but isn’t it interesting that NO ONE criticizes when a person shows that same kind of interest in sports or politics or other hobbies? It’s all pretty subjective.
A lot of people I know personally couldn’t give two hoots about who the celebrities are and what the celebrities are doing and they’ll let you know in no uncertain terms if you try to bring it up in conversation! So based on my own experiences, and what I know about the way the mass media works, I don’t think the majority of Americans are obsessed with celebrity culture at all. I think that a small but very vocal part of America is…and that is the group that get the most attention when one person goes amuck like what you’re seeking in the court trials like Uma Thurmans or reading about Conan’s so-called “stalker” priest. Thing is, such nutjobs are everywhere in the world…in the past five years, there have been a number of very shocking and destructive incidents re: out of control “obsessed” fans in China and other parts of Asia, too, but these stories rarely make headlines in the US.
In Korea, it’s the so-called “anti-fans” that are a problem…and that is a form of celebrity obsession that really isn’t addressed in the US, but certainly does exist here…just look at the “celebrity” section of yahoo!answers and you’ll see as many if not more “haters” as you do “fanboys/fangirls”
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Im waiting for it to end.
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The trouble with my generation is that we all think we’re fucking geniuses. Making something isn’t good enough for us and neither is selling something, or teaching something, or even just doing something; we have to be something. It’s our inalienable right, as citizens of the twenty-first century. If Christina Aguilera or Britney, or some American Idol jerk can be something, then why can’t I? Where’s mine, huh? We just want to be famous. I think that is why we get the obsessions, so we can try to be just like them. I try to be more like T-Pain every day, because he is the celebrity I have an obsession with. He really inspires me, but I wish I was that famous!