Celebrities endorsed Kamala’s candidacy under the impression it could move voters to vote…for Kamala.
I keep seeing these – I’ll call them ads – for celebrities who survived some awful brush with covid-related death. Selma Hayek, for example, is opening up about her near-fatal case of COVID19. Okay, fine – I’m opening up too.
Make no mistake – our pop culture is wrapped up in the thrall and cult of celebrityhood. The quote “”In the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes.” by Andy Warhol can be very true for little or no reason at all for the person who has been thrust into the limelight by circumstances beyond their control.
However, with the advent of media outlets like US and People magazines, the normal assortment of tabloids newspapers, and TV shows of dribble like Entertainment Tonite and the Insider, people like the Kardashians can be famous for, well, being famous. Sex tape-tress Paris Hilton has made her moment in the sun last way longer than the tape that first made her infamous; being an heiress to the Hilton fortune did not hinder but she has made some accurate business decision that have given her a standalone career.
However, there are those that will be “stupid”and do much to gain and retain that spotlight – even if it means being remembered for acute evilness: think Charlie Manson. All these years after the Tate Murders and he still is famous. No, he’s still in jail and having been denied parole so often, he will most likely die in prison. But he will draw his dying breath knowing that he is (about to be “was”) famous and that his name and actions were famous during his lifetime. Sometimes, that is all that is needed for a loser.