It used to be that if you wanted to be rich and famous, you worked for it. I mean, you genuinely worked for it. Actors and actresses worked pitiful jobs while they slaved endlessly trying to get their big break. Powerful CEOs started by working as the office temp and even if you came from money, that money was earned.
Now the word celebrity is defined as: I drank a lot on TV, threw up, had sex and for some reason EVERYONE is obsessed with me. Don't get me wrong, I am a victim of reality TV. The trashier the better. I've been known to watch endless hours of Jersey Shore, the Real World and countless others that I will not name. What I'm getting at is... how come it's so easy to become rich and famous? Is it the vast realm of social media that has popped up? Is it that humanity has ceased to demand that people work for acknowledgement?
I've also wondered if being a celebrity really is this easy? I've thought, hey.... I know some people with some pretty awesome cameras. What if I walked into West Edmonton Mall one day, surrounded by an adoring entourage and had my "paparazzi" scream my name and demand my photograph with every step I took?
How long do you think it would take for my "celebrity" to be born?
So. True. We've lost an age of timeless celebrities that earned their kudos through the school of hard knocks. I wonder how Audrey Hepburn would like being lumped in with Lindsay Lohan.....
ReplyDeleteEven Marilyn Monroe had more class
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