We We absorb their politics and gobble up their quotes. We watch their every move including who they are with and what they do. Our culture has become saturated with celebrity influence. If you deny this then you are exceptional; the rest of us are invariably, more susceptible.
Our choice of clothes, jewelry and hairstyle, our languages and ideas are often areas that we look toward celebrities to define. How much influence should they have over us? Yet, have we gone too far? We see in them the potential for perfection of man or woman as an expression of utopian ideals of love and success.
They dramatize the political, the romantic, the good and bad. Our memories are seared with images, movies and songs which have touched us, frightened us and stimulated us. We laugh and sometimes cry at a quality performance. Of course, in a developed society entertainers are necessary. Today, we open our eyes and cannot avoid these people.
In the days before mass media, television sets and computers fame was circulated orally, carried by the gossipy nature of social beings. Famous people, the non-elected representatives of the human race, have always held some influence over the masses. The use of "love" is appropriate here as we who love celebrity tend to exhibit signs of undue influence by those highly visible. This isn't the traditional definition of love but rather defined by an excessive admiration for a famous person whom we will probably never meet.
Our choice of clothes, jewelry and hairstyle, our languages and ideas are often areas that we look toward celebrities to define. How much influence should they have over us? Yet, have we gone too far? We see in them the potential for perfection of man or woman as an expression of utopian ideals of love and success.
They dramatize the political, the romantic, the good and bad. Our memories are seared with images, movies and songs which have touched us, frightened us and stimulated us. We laugh and sometimes cry at a quality performance. Of course, in a developed society entertainers are necessary. Today, we open our eyes and cannot avoid these people.
In the days before mass media, television sets and computers fame was circulated orally, carried by the gossipy nature of social beings. Famous people, the non-elected representatives of the human race, have always held some influence over the masses. The use of "love" is appropriate here as we who love celebrity tend to exhibit signs of undue influence by those highly visible. This isn't the traditional definition of love but rather defined by an excessive admiration for a famous person whom we will probably never meet.
