Tag: celebrity obsession
The Fan/Performer Dynamic Keeps Getting Decidedly More Employer/Employee
It used to seem so glamorous to be an “entertainer.” Yet even that word has connotations of being like a monkey with cymbals, “programmed” to [Read More…]
The Expectation That Being a Fan of Something Creates An Automatic Bond With Another Person Or That There’s a “Right” Way to Be a Fan
There’s a series of scenes in the opening credits to Daria that present her in an array of different scenarios being stoic amid a sea [Read More…]
Swarm Crystallizes That Celebrities Are the New Gods, and There Is No Freedom of Speech When Speaking “Ill” of Them
For as much talk as there is of late about how “terrible” and “harrowing” it is to be a celebrity, perhaps the worst fate in [Read More…]
Mondo Bullshittio #19: The Proposal of Statues Being “Upgraded” to Celebrity Monuments
While people worldwide (from Bristol to Boston) have collectively gotten off on the symbolic power of toppling statues as a means to feel like they’re [Read More…]
If You Thought Detachment Spurred by Celebrity Covetousness & Social Media Was New, Just Remember The Bling Ring
While we remain quick to accuse the present moment as the zenith of a low point in society in terms of just how self-obsessed, hollow [Read More…]
Psychotic Behavior Is Always Excusable When There’s A Dog Involved As Smoke & Mirrors
To be a Madonna fan in the present is definitely to be some kind of freaky deaky. As a straight person (or, these days, asexual [Read More…]
