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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 292798" data-attributes="member: 8">There have always been shifts in celebrity culture. Did the Royals ever deserve it? Did the 1990s supermodels ever deserve it? Was there a need for the DJ celebrity status back in the 2010s or the footballers narcissism back in the 2000s?Isn&#039;t the celebrity for the sake of celebrity hood The Ultimate Celebrity?Perhaps the actor who makes a great movie isn&#039;t interesting enough anymore. After all, in 2021 it&#039;s &quot;just&quot; a movie (quotation marks to indicate that *I* don&#039;t agree with that).Before this thread existed I hadn&#039;t seen any of it and it&#039;s very unlikely I would have discovered it by myself. So...aren&#039;t we...kinda..helping...a little bit here?Isn&#039;t it happening because we allow it to happen just by reacting to it?Isn&#039;t this unjustified celebrity news the red carpet equivalent of the evil spree/serial killer who also shouldn&#039;t&nbsp; be in the news, let alone getting his mini-series story on netflix?Modern media creates the news and our reactions, good or bad, allows them to make that &quot;news&quot; bigger and bigger. It&#039;s a product and only you can decide if you&#039;re going to buy it or not.Just being righteous about it isn&#039;t going to change things. If anything, it&#039;s what they want you to be.And also kinda funny, as in: so stupid it&#039;s funny.I think that&#039;s a big understatement. They are as much part of it as the celebrities prancing around in hilarious outfits. The actor from Schitt&#039;s Creek looks like butterfly!It could have been a rodeo or a funfair or a sexy calendar or a special episode of that slimy TV show The Voice. Who cares where the money or attention comes from?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 292798, member: 8"] There have always been shifts in celebrity culture. Did the Royals ever deserve it? Did the 1990s supermodels ever deserve it? Was there a need for the DJ celebrity status back in the 2010s or the footballers narcissism back in the 2000s? Isn't the celebrity for the sake of celebrity hood The Ultimate Celebrity? Perhaps the actor who makes a great movie isn't interesting enough anymore. After all, in 2021 it's "just" a movie (quotation marks to indicate that *I* don't agree with that). Before this thread existed I hadn't seen any of it and it's very unlikely I would have discovered it by myself. So...aren't we...kinda..helping...a little bit here? Isn't it happening because we allow it to happen just by reacting to it? Isn't this unjustified celebrity news the red carpet equivalent of the evil spree/serial killer who also [I]shouldn't[/I] be in the news, let alone getting his mini-series story on netflix? Modern media creates the news and our reactions, good or bad, allows them to make that "news" bigger and bigger. It's a product and only you can decide if you're going to buy it or not. Just being righteous about it isn't going to change things. If anything, it's what they want you to be. And also kinda funny, as in: so stupid it's funny. I think that's a big understatement. They are as much part of it as the celebrities prancing around in hilarious outfits. The actor from Schitt's Creek looks like butterfly! It could have been a rodeo or a funfair or a sexy calendar or a special episode of that slimy TV show The Voice. Who cares where the money or attention comes from? [/QUOTE]

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