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Views: 685Added: Thu. Jul 09, 2009 9:14am
Pat PacielloI don't have a list of favorite celebrities. What I do value is my favorite actors like Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Harrison Ford, and Sean Connery. My favorite music makers which include the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Harry Chapin and Led Zeppelin. And in the sports world - my boyhood idol Willy Mays. The thread that binds these people together is that they all have an amazing amount of talent and from their accomplishments they achieved celebrity. Today it seems to me that people want to be granted celebrity status and bypass the whole talent thing. But don't blame these imposters. Our culture has changed. when the public is more interested in who's in rehab, where is the latest sex tape, and is the twenty year old starlet a heterosexual, bisexual or sleeps with small farm animals, then media tarts will try to satisfy the public's craving. Isn't interesting that not so long ago actors and actress would have fallen from grace, if they would have been caught up in today's scandalous behavior. If the media was aware of activities that would have damaged their reputations, they usually remained silent. Today it is a red badge of courage and a ticket to stardom - even if that stardom lasts for fifteen minutes. Sadly their is no such thing as bad publicity. The way to get your name in the media's eye is to raise the bar on outrageous behavior.
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Posted 9:24pm July 9th, 2009Amen, Pat. Consequently, celebs figure there's nothing they can't do and still maintain their celebrity status. Alcoholic/drug user: no problem; spousal/partner abuse: no problem; animal abuse: no problem; theft: no problem; murder: no problem. We'll give them a slap on the wrist, portray them as the victims and put them right back on their pedestal again.
What's so sad is that these people are who our kids, grandkids and great grandkids are looking at as examples. They see these people doing things that are amoral and/or criminal and yet they're still considered and treated like 'stars'. What has happened to the standards by which people used to be measured? Where are the boundaries that a 'good' person used to know not to cross? Seems to me they've bit the dust.
God help the younger generations. Is there a way to help them avoid their own destruction? If someone has that answer, please share it with the rest of us.