Comments on: The cult of celebrity http://www.life-connections.co.uk/2008/07/03/the-cult-of-celebrity/ The online magazine for candidates of Badenoch & Clark Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:38:56 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Andy http://www.life-connections.co.uk/2008/07/03/the-cult-of-celebrity/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Andy Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:21:08 +0000 http://www.life-connections.co.uk/2008/07/03/the-cult-of-celebrity/#comment-76 It's all about a human being's desire to experience what it's like in someone elses shoes. Back in Victorian times Dickens was incredibly popular. People would devour his every word. Not because they wanted to be his characters but because they enjoyed imagining what it might be like to be them. In today's society it's possible to be famous for 15 minutes like BB contestants and there are many people who enjoy imagining what it might be like by following the contestants antics. It's natural and harmless. And publishers make money from it. It’s all about a human being’s desire to experience what it’s like in someone elses shoes. Back in Victorian times Dickens was incredibly popular. People would devour his every word. Not because they wanted to be his characters but because they enjoyed imagining what it might be like to be them.

In today’s society it’s possible to be famous for 15 minutes like BB contestants and there are many people who enjoy imagining what it might be like by following the contestants antics.

It’s natural and harmless. And publishers make money from it.

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