Celebrities!! That's Who!
Cheesy? Yes, I Know! But, I can't totally help but LOVE tabloid magazines.. For some reason, it fascinates me, and I have no exact reason why. Why would I care so much about all of these strangers and what they do on a daily basis?
For some reason, to me it's pure fantasy.. I believe I fantasize what it would be like having pages full of ME! in a magazine (positive news stories hopefully). These people or even characters you could call them - are portrayed like some type of royalty on the covers of these magazines, and I can't help but be a bit envious. They are rich and famous.
The media, allows us to read different types of stories about them and be able in some ways relate to them. For example, you see a photo of Jessica Alba pumping gas at a gas station and you say to your self "Ohh wow, I got gas today too!".
Sometimes, I think I know more about Lindsay Lohan and what she did in a week than I know about my own friends..
But, is that their trick? The Magazines? They Lure you in..by tricking you into thinking your actually friends with these people in the pages! After all, you know exactly what they had for dinner at their favorite restaurant on Thursday night..
So, is it all a game in this big bad world of corporation and business?? And, you must think about the celebs for a minute who never get a real taste of privacy..
I can't tell you what it is..but..walking by any news stand you can best bet the new OK! , USweekly, In Touch, Star, and People.. are catching my eye!! AND wallet!
For some reason, to me it's pure fantasy.. I believe I fantasize what it would be like having pages full of ME! in a magazine (positive news stories hopefully). These people or even characters you could call them - are portrayed like some type of royalty on the covers of these magazines, and I can't help but be a bit envious. They are rich and famous.
The media, allows us to read different types of stories about them and be able in some ways relate to them. For example, you see a photo of Jessica Alba pumping gas at a gas station and you say to your self "Ohh wow, I got gas today too!".
Sometimes, I think I know more about Lindsay Lohan and what she did in a week than I know about my own friends..
But, is that their trick? The Magazines? They Lure you in..by tricking you into thinking your actually friends with these people in the pages! After all, you know exactly what they had for dinner at their favorite restaurant on Thursday night..
So, is it all a game in this big bad world of corporation and business?? And, you must think about the celebs for a minute who never get a real taste of privacy..
I can't tell you what it is..but..walking by any news stand you can best bet the new OK! , USweekly, In Touch, Star, and People.. are catching my eye!! AND wallet!
It is definitely that. These headlines catch your eyes on news stands and provoke you to read the rest of the story on the inside and the entire magazine for that matter. You can learn a lot about these types of propaganda and schemes in an advertising class with Professor Mickey.
ReplyDeleteI too am captivated by celebrity stuff. I'm one of those people who can be on TMZ website for 3 hours and not even know it. I agree that watching a celebrity's every move makes you feel like you actually know them. It's weird...and kind of creepy. There's just something about an anorexic celebrity eating a hamburger at a cafe in LA that is so much more interesting than the average joe...
ReplyDeleteya I don't know what it is but for some reason when these people are getting coffee or pumping gas, isn't it some much cooler than when we get coffee or pump our own gas! They are just regular people when you get right down to it but they are on the magazines not us! that makes them fascinating! what a weird like a celebrity must lead ..imagine them being in a super market or wherever and see themselves on the cover of star magazine with the headline...she and so and so are breaking up...meanwhile they are shopping together? it is sort of crazy things in there life that they have to deal with just because these magazines have stories about them then they have to go to their pr rep and release a staement about how it isn't true their relationship is fine (2 weeks later they get a divorce) its bizarre but for some reason we are all paying attention to it!
ReplyDelete