Monday, June 20, 2005
How to Be Famous for Being Famous!
In mixed groups, the conversation often falls to current events. Last Sunday, over dinner and drinks, my little mixer began a heated discussion of our mutual disgust (yep, we discussed our disgust) with Famous People who are Famous with a Capital F. You know who they are...
These folks are Famous, yet they have no particular talent or admirable quality. Yet, the media fills our valuable mind space with their tiresome exploits. My dinner companions revealed how to become famous for being famous. It's a simple, two-step process:
I found out that I am not alone in feeling quite annoyed that I even know of these Famous-for-nothing people. I know who they are, and what they did. You do, too, probably.
And yet, I would rather not know of them. But hang it, their exploits are omnipresent. I cannot help but know. After all, I read. I listen to the radio. I watch TV. I surf the internet.
I am assaulted with a barrage of people I would rather not know.
I do not name them in this 5 minute podcast. I will not give them any more attention. But I do comment on the phenomenon of being popular for no other reason than marketing....and perhaps the Famous Person's sad, pathetic need for international attention. ¶ 6/20/2005 01:40:00 PM
In mixed groups, the conversation often falls to current events. Last Sunday, over dinner and drinks, my little mixer began a heated discussion of our mutual disgust (yep, we discussed our disgust) with Famous People who are Famous with a Capital F. You know who they are...
These folks are Famous, yet they have no particular talent or admirable quality. Yet, the media fills our valuable mind space with their tiresome exploits. My dinner companions revealed how to become famous for being famous. It's a simple, two-step process:
- Make sure you have no real talent, but that you are either reasonably good looking or have a thoroughly obnoxious personality. Maybe both.
- Spend a lot of money on marketing.
I found out that I am not alone in feeling quite annoyed that I even know of these Famous-for-nothing people. I know who they are, and what they did. You do, too, probably.
And yet, I would rather not know of them. But hang it, their exploits are omnipresent. I cannot help but know. After all, I read. I listen to the radio. I watch TV. I surf the internet.
I am assaulted with a barrage of people I would rather not know.
I do not name them in this 5 minute podcast. I will not give them any more attention. But I do comment on the phenomenon of being popular for no other reason than marketing....and perhaps the Famous Person's sad, pathetic need for international attention. ¶ 6/20/2005 01:40:00 PM
