What are Celebrities?

Uncategorized — By Shopping Blogs on November 19, 2009 9:45 am

The main idea and concept of what a celebrity is has changed dramatically in the past twenty years. Today, with reality television, it is difficult to determine celebrities from average people who just happened to get onto TV for one reason or another.

When you are little, celebrities were movie stars and pop singers. My very favorite celebrities were the Spice Girls. I was absolutely obsessed with them. I knew all of their songs by heart and my friends and I would dress up to represent the Spice Girls and we would video tape ourselves while we danced and lip sang to the lyrics. The girl band was so glorified to pre teens in America and all over the world. They were a sensation and almost every little girl I knew wanted to grow up to be just like them. I had fantasies of being the next Spice Girl, or even just getting to meet the group.

I think when we are children celebrities seem like these amazing and glorious people who we should idolize. I remember having almost worship-like feelings towards particular famous people that I took a liking to. They seemed to be so much more than regular people, which is what they are. Posters and images of different celebrities were the décor in all of my friends’ rooms. It was strange if you walked into a thirteen-year old girl’s room and did not see posters of N Sync, the Backstreet Boys, Brad Pitt, or some other hunky celebrity.

Today, in 2009, the idea of what a celebrity is can be a bit confusing. Many people may say that celebrities are people on reality shows while many will argue the exact opposite. If you watch the reality shows you can get just as attached and obsessed with a reality TV star as you are with a film star or an actor on a television show. But, shouldn’t people keep in mind that the idea of being a celebrity is usually associated with some sort of talent or trait?

Celebrities should be considered celebrities because they are either talented enough to act or sing, or they have done something phenomenal for the world and they are famous because of that. Reality television starts today, although they may turn into celebrities, are a different sort of celebrity. A lot of the times, these people become celebrities because they have so much drama in their lives. A lot of people in America enjoy sitting back and watching the drama of the people on tv unfold. This is what makes these people celebrities.

It is interesting to think about  if the market for actors and actresses is going down now because of all the reality televisioon are seeing less actual talented celebrities on TV today, and instead are watching the drama of the rich or whoever else a producer decided to put onto TV.

Regardless, it is not my call or say who you think celebrities are. To an extent, I would say that the idea of whether a person is a celebrity or not is pretty subjective. If, in your head, they are a celebrity then they are to you. If they are not a celebrity in your mind, then they are not. You can decide who you want to consider celebrities or not.

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