TV views

Friday January 27, 2006 - 1:27AM EDT

Recently, I'd say over the past few months I have developed a different view of TV celebrities. I don't know exactly how I came to this view but this is where I am. I'm no tabloid hound but I do catch the occasional entertainment section story on Yahoo and MSN. If you watch TV you also can't avoid some stories. I guess I'll start with the insane coverage given to the most ordinary things that celebrities do. I don't know why I didn't notice or think about it in this way before but it is ridiculous how some are interested in somebody going to the mall. So part of the view is my newly discovered disgust for that type of hounding. Secondly as a part of my charity rants I think more about the specific times that certain celebrities speak about charity or things of that nature. As I put more of what I hear from them through greater critical analysis the image of celebrity is dissolved in their mess of thoughts as disorganized as my own. With the endless magazine covers, interviews, critical reviews, gossip columns and whatever is used to concoct an image that may be completely different from what that person really is like it is easy to forget that they are just normal people like your neighboors. Furthermore, that it is our own adoration of them that creates their faux images that some like to hate.

Now I look at the various failures of TV shows and movies in a such a light hearted manner. I look at almost anything people do in show business light heartedly. I see it as just normal people playing the part to play a part. The idea of celebrity has vanished from my mind.

This whole rant goes along with a post I made a while ago about a tell. Looking for that mannerism or something a person does that shows their weakness. When I am able to look at someone as not just a character it is easier to deal with them or relate to them. So I look for some common human thing or evidence of a mistake someone made to destroy the imaginary character of that person in my mind. It can vary greatly from person to person. I'm tired and thristy.