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February 22, 2007
An overexposed society
Such is the story of accidental fame. Notoriety of sort, infamy. We have run completely fresh out of heroes. We are too self centered, and are too narsisiticly obsessed to even see one another, unless there is an oddity of sort which tends to amuse us. Fame is for the ones with abnormal attitudes, and attributes. Are you ready for your close up?, are you ready for your fifteen minutes of fame. If you are hideously ugly and void of any beauty in your physics, if you are too short, too tall, too fat or anorexic, you shall have the opportunity to shine in the spot light for those fleeting moments, but please, please be a dear and exit on time so the next victim could rise and shine.
Let us not forget our trailer park friends who shall sell their mother and their child, expose their nether regions and pose with any artifacts, animal or human appendage, so they can climb the mantle of fame and reach the top. But it is all fine and accepted as long as they get to leave on cue, and afford the next participant the ridicule they desire.
and its then at that moment when the infamous refuse to leave for the rush of being exposed has been so much. Its right there and then that tragedy unfolds. The infamous has to come up with new attitudes and attributes physically and emotionally to keep the spot light on. Though some of the new infamous starlets have been exposed to such extent, that the next exposer should be either gynecological or involve an X-ray machine.
And of course we have the heads of industries that would exploit such human frailty to the highest level of their artistic whims. Reality shows have made many such executives millions to afford them larger bank accounts, mansions, the lates luxury cars and trophy wives so done by plastic surgery that it is hard to recognise one from others. Dating shows, wife swaps, and other titillating phenomena on prime time and main networks are all the handiwork's of their highest artistic visions. The B actors and celebrities have gained constant employment and as a society we have found new lows in our taste and class of entertainers.
Someone recently had said we are progressing so rapidly and to a point in our cultural enrichment that soon you could divide our society to two distinct groups - the ones that make porn and the ones who watch it. there are more pornographic movies made than main stream movies, though the line in some circles is becoming more and more faded. Lets not forget the actresses who was born and bread in our own neighborhood who did a fellatio on camera for an independent movie. The new cinematic highs which probably would only increase her pay and open many new doors to her for her realistic portrayal of woman with a gaping mouth. Bravo
weeks ago in what seemed like a well orchestrated circus Anna Nichole Smith died of over dose, joining her idol Marylin Monroe and all of this before the age forty. It is the brazen commitment that such starlets have to create such colorful canvas of the excesses in their short lives that is mesmerising. And we had watched her descend to absurdity and oblivion for the longest time, all knowing where she was headed and all gleeful that we could get to watch. And a nation came to morn, before you know it the news was the top story with all the twenty four hour news media, news papers, magazines. And a world came to morn, Christians, Jews, Moslem's, Shiite, Sunnis, Palestinians and Israelis, we all morned, forgetting all our shortcomings and troubles.
And now we are all wrapped up in court with Anna's daughter, mother, her husband, her lover, her body guard, her man around town, her prince, and all the others that have come to claim all that is left of her and her infamy. and still there is the other starlet that has fled two rehab centers with her head shaved and a new tattoo, adamant to catch the spot light and on her way fast toward oblivion.
Posted by Idinraha at 02:41 PM | Comments (0)