Lazydork vs Mr Cruise
September 25, 2006
Does anyone even know what a celebrity is anymore?
With reality TV, ‘idol’-esque talent searches and the Internet, this is an era where lazydork is rapidly climbing the stairway to stardom while tom cruise (his name used to be prefixed with terms such as ‘talented’, ‘dashing’; now it’s likely to be ‘kooky’, ‘strange’ or worse, ‘scientologist’) is possibly sliding off the charts in a shorter time than Thailand took to lose its democracy.
Today, John Leland wrote in a NYT article, “If someone is celebrated for not being a celebrity, does celebrity itself still have any value?”
Last night, Alan Shore (James Spader) proclaimed in Boston Legal, that the whole of America is turning into ‘LALA’ land (i.e. Los Angeles); it used to be that “pandering was reserved for (politicians)” – now, everyone panders to everyone.
the lines are no longer clear.
Is a celebrity a narrative or an individual?
A celebrity is celebrated for the ability to create a purpose for all to celebrate? (am i the only one confused?)
Shall end with a quote from the article,
“We’re moving from a representation culture, where celebrities or stars represented us, to a presentation culture, where we can present ourselves.”
– P. David Marshall
Chew on this.
random musings 
September 27, 2006 at 3:19 am
Is a celebrity a narrative or an individual?
Is an individual a narrative, or the sum of perceptions?
People ask, “What’s real?”
People say, “Nothing is real these days…it’s either some marketing scam out to make money off us, or some fame-whore-PR-strategy-Mutant…”
I say,
“Welcome to Planet Earth where Alternate Realities are only one URL away.”
September 29, 2006 at 1:02 am
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September 29, 2006 at 2:33 am
Hey, My sincere apologies to all those whom I spammed. Wont do it in future. This is the last spam.