Celibriterrorism
I have been thinking about the way Hollywood and the music industry try to affect both US and world opinion. It is amazing how intelligent these people get once they get famous. Many are worshipped because they can stand in front of a camera and spout off memorized lines while posing in the appropriate body language and the correct facial expression. That is an accomplishment. My 10 year old does it every day and usually much more convincingly. Others are worshipped because they were creative enough to write/sing/perform a song that caught someone’s fancy. How do mimicry and musical ability translate into being knowledgeable on such topics as the myth of global warming, world hunger, international banking, and animal rights? If my son is any indication of what direction we are heading, it will be a world of Cartoon Network and Playstation.
Obviously, some of these people have traveled to foreign countries to either film or tour. They have seen the plight of the populations in the countries they visit and come back to the land of the rich and famous. They have collected their paychecks for the work that was done. I can guarantee it is more than most of the people in those foreign countries make in their lives. Yet they come back to the security of the US and must begin to feel guilty for having taken their huge paycheck while leaving others starving. There is no realization of events other than guilt. They do not know why things are the way they are but because the US is successful it must be their fault, somehow. We must stop this now.
I used to think Hollywood and the music world were cool. The celebrities must be great people to accomplish what they do. The scales have fallen from my eyes. People like Barbara Streisand, George Clooney, Bono, and Pamela Anderson all try to push their misguided agendas on the citizens of the world. The very country that provided them the platform to achieve what they have accomplished is now the target of their derision and we are too stupid to connect the dots. There are now movies that I will not watch and music that I turn off due to the ignorance of those who perform them. I used to love John Mellencamp before he came out against the President on the war in Iraq. I know you have an opinion, but your celebrity status is not a license to broadcast your opinion to the world. Sing it but don’t say it.
Celebrities have always used their art to convey how they feel. That is what art is. It is something that at least tries to convey an idea or emotion. It is when the artist decides to become a spokes-model for some misguided opinion that I turn them off. Since we cannot vote for the opposing candidate when it comes to celebrities, I do the next best thing. I vote with my wallet. If they are not supported financially, they lose their status. Unfortunately, celebrity worship will never end and there will always be someone who with their designer rose colored glasses decides to bite the hand that feeds them instead of looking through the clear lens of reality.
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Cobb
Obviously, some of these people have traveled to foreign countries to either film or tour. They have seen the plight of the populations in the countries they visit and come back to the land of the rich and famous. They have collected their paychecks for the work that was done. I can guarantee it is more than most of the people in those foreign countries make in their lives. Yet they come back to the security of the US and must begin to feel guilty for having taken their huge paycheck while leaving others starving. There is no realization of events other than guilt. They do not know why things are the way they are but because the US is successful it must be their fault, somehow. We must stop this now.
I used to think Hollywood and the music world were cool. The celebrities must be great people to accomplish what they do. The scales have fallen from my eyes. People like Barbara Streisand, George Clooney, Bono, and Pamela Anderson all try to push their misguided agendas on the citizens of the world. The very country that provided them the platform to achieve what they have accomplished is now the target of their derision and we are too stupid to connect the dots. There are now movies that I will not watch and music that I turn off due to the ignorance of those who perform them. I used to love John Mellencamp before he came out against the President on the war in Iraq. I know you have an opinion, but your celebrity status is not a license to broadcast your opinion to the world. Sing it but don’t say it.
Celebrities have always used their art to convey how they feel. That is what art is. It is something that at least tries to convey an idea or emotion. It is when the artist decides to become a spokes-model for some misguided opinion that I turn them off. Since we cannot vote for the opposing candidate when it comes to celebrities, I do the next best thing. I vote with my wallet. If they are not supported financially, they lose their status. Unfortunately, celebrity worship will never end and there will always be someone who with their designer rose colored glasses decides to bite the hand that feeds them instead of looking through the clear lens of reality.
Icool
Cobb
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