Sunday, September 17, 2006

Cult of Celebrity

The cult of celebrity is a description of the widespread interest in arbitrarily famous individuals, or 'celebrities', that became a prominent social phenomenon in late 20th century Western popular culture Driven by constant publicity and exposure in magazines, newspapers and television, fame is an essential prerequisite for celebrity status, though the principle reason for such fame is often minor It is associated with an increased focus on celebrity by the entertainment industry, including the growth of the reality television and talent show genre. Gossip-oriented magazines such as Heat and OK! in the UK and In Touch Weekly and National Enquirer in the US, and television channels E! and VH1 focus almost entirely on promoting the cult of celebrity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_celebrity

In Pretty Persuasion we see how Kimberly comes across as a monstrous girl who is both amoral and immoral, willing to use her body and brain to accomplish as quickly as possible her main goal: fame. The means to achieve celebrity and ethical considerations, sexual orientation, or friendship, become irrelevant. She back stabs her best friend, forces her two friends into helping her sue her English teacher and not caring when one commits suicide. At the beginning we see her auditioning for a show and by the end we see her turn on the TV and sees herself as the lead role in the French show. This means that she reached her goal.

Sherish at 12:57 PM

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at 2:24 PM Blogger ashmed6 said...

I think this is a great blog...images are key to keeping the readers satisfied and you have done this very well, also great use of detail and a wide variation of resources can be seen in the research you have done. Possibly could look into theories more.

(Similar to my topic as it looks at the representation of an often undermined media collective)

 
at 3:18 PM Blogger Furzana said...

HeY SheriSH,
YouR Blog looks really good. Preety and Pink and is full of information. YoUR Text is really good as well. It different and represents different sorts of people.. for example the muslim girl and how she becomes corrupt. Pick 2-3 chracters and discuss how they represent girls of today? Has anyghing changed or do people still confrom to the sterotypes. Your research is really good so far. GooD luck girl.. xXx

 
at 5:29 PM Blogger HeavenSent..x said...

HeYy,
i guess my topic is actually really different to yours but you're text explores many different types of people - 1 being a muslim girl which relates to the reprsentation of asians. Your study looks really interesting and different as it deals with such a vast range of ideas and issues..you've gone into lots of detail with all of your research especially other texts relevant to your own and the main theorists regarding women..you have a really good foundation for your migrain analysis which you could maybe expand on a little more but everything's pretty much perfect really..good luck, RaSs..x

 
at 3:04 PM Blogger Rajan said...

Similar to mine in that you looking at representation of sensitive issue sim. to me

1) Very detailed info on film

2) Very colourful and appealing

3)Good research on Maulvey

improvement:

1)look at 2/3 characters

 

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