Now for part II of my treatise. In this section I will discuss what I believe are the trenchant reasons for people who wish to become celebrities.
In my jaded worldview, people have the desire to become famous (i.e. celebrity) out of both narcissism and insecurity.
I postulate that it is narcissism in that they have a supreme sense of self-love and and unbinding belief in their own sense of self.
Now here is the conundrum. Accompanying this is the insecurity. The person in the public eye needs to be there because of the overwhelming need for approval and validation.
"Wait a minute," you say, "that doesn't make sense!" You're right, it does not. That is what has troubled me. How can you reconcile these two divergent traits occurring within a single entity? I have come to the conclusion that it is not possible. This is the oxymoron illustrated at it's finest.
I don't this applies to people like writers, or musicians, or painters or the like. My reasoning for this goes back to my belief that there is a difference between the creative community and what I call "The Reactive Community." This includes actors, models, and other dramatis personae.
The creative sort I think would be perfectly content composing or painting or what have you in the privacy of their own lives. They do not need to splash themselves all over the cultural landscape.
The "Reactive Community" on the other hand, has no other option. Without
making themselves known and such, they would not have an effect or acknowledgement, and that is an anethma to them.
One caveat and that is politicians.
They are more interested in power than anything else. I am far too cynical to believe that these people are in it for the "Common Good." This goes for anybody, all shades of the ideological spectrum, e.g. from Rush Limbaugh to Michael Moore. They are, in my estimation, buffoons and cads; a pox upon them all.
As always, I welcome all questions, comments and slanderous diatribes. Have a day.
In my jaded worldview, people have the desire to become famous (i.e. celebrity) out of both narcissism and insecurity.
I postulate that it is narcissism in that they have a supreme sense of self-love and and unbinding belief in their own sense of self.
Now here is the conundrum. Accompanying this is the insecurity. The person in the public eye needs to be there because of the overwhelming need for approval and validation.
"Wait a minute," you say, "that doesn't make sense!" You're right, it does not. That is what has troubled me. How can you reconcile these two divergent traits occurring within a single entity? I have come to the conclusion that it is not possible. This is the oxymoron illustrated at it's finest.
I don't this applies to people like writers, or musicians, or painters or the like. My reasoning for this goes back to my belief that there is a difference between the creative community and what I call "The Reactive Community." This includes actors, models, and other dramatis personae.
The creative sort I think would be perfectly content composing or painting or what have you in the privacy of their own lives. They do not need to splash themselves all over the cultural landscape.
The "Reactive Community" on the other hand, has no other option. Without
making themselves known and such, they would not have an effect or acknowledgement, and that is an anethma to them.
One caveat and that is politicians.
They are more interested in power than anything else. I am far too cynical to believe that these people are in it for the "Common Good." This goes for anybody, all shades of the ideological spectrum, e.g. from Rush Limbaugh to Michael Moore. They are, in my estimation, buffoons and cads; a pox upon them all.
As always, I welcome all questions, comments and slanderous diatribes. Have a day.
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aliceinmyhead:
I stopped watching game one after the first period ended because it was literally making me cry.. so yeah...
sgmonotony:
I wonder whether we know ANYTHING about celebrities or are they always in role. I think the majority ended up in a role in society that they could never comprehend until they experienced it and then it just rolls out of control. Brittany Spears it seems for example is having a nervous breakdown and it is all covered in the paper. When average people act the way celebrities do , no one ever hears about it. I wonder if the media is the one that creates the environment , and if half these folks dont know how to get out of what they find themselves in the middle of. It seems like a classic tragedy, wanting something so bad and then when you get it realizing that what you wanted is the worst thing you could have. Then what do you do the lion is already out of the cage?