I didn't claim it's "automatically a bad thing" but I would state that it's quite possible to have lucrative career as an actor, musician, etc. without having your every move put on public display and analyzed by the masses (off the top of my head Morgan Freeman, Bono, James Earle Jones, Pete Townshend, are all talented, famous people, and there are tons more, who manage to keep their personal lives personal and still have amazingly sucessful careers).
There''s a difference between promoting a project and having your personal life examined though. Or isn''t there? Is it just part of the deal of being a celebrity now?
I agree with this.
But that''s not necessarily true, there are lots of celebrities who live without the publicity.
Rock, I grew up in LA and my dad and grandfather worked for one of the major studios for a total of something like 50 years if you add their employment together, so I'm pickin' up what you're laying down, but it's not just in LA that famous people are hounded. A lot of the celebs that live in other major cities are as well (DH listens to Howard Stern and I get to hear all about the photographers who wait for him and other celebrities who live in the same building in Manhattan to head out to work in the morning, or dinner, or whatever). And it still begs the question, why do people find this stuff interesting? And how many people realize that most of what we are exposed to is publicity stunts, not "real life."
I love Morgan Freeman too. And while I''m sure Bono has done more than his fair share of having fun, he managed to keep it out of the press somehow (and I''m thankful his good works are published, I admire his desire to do something positive/good with his fame as opposed to simply promoting himself more).
I think that''s a really good insight, Haven!
I think there is something wrong with watching a celebrity, or anyone for that matter, go through what appears to be a real struggle (drug addiction, divorce, etc.) and have it turned into a three ring circus that affects not only the person who has chosen to be famous, but their friends and family as well. There are some moments in life that are so raw and painful and difficult that no matter who you are I think you should have the right to go through them privately. I think we cross that line when we watch them as though they are part of a movie made for our entertainment, not realizing or taking the time to think about how little we really know, beyond what we''re spoon fed by the media, about what is really going on with these people and that this isn''t entertainment, these are peoples'' real lives.
Wow, Haven, I should have known you''d have some great insight into my question! I couldn''t even follow your conversation, except for the "blah, blah, blah" part. Maybe my lack of insight comes from the fact that I was totally uninvolved in HS. Thanks for taking the time to think about what I was asking and sharing your thoughts!
I absolutely agree some celebs court the attention, I think there''s a sense of "if I''m not in the papers I''m losing my fame" especially among younger actors. And there are celebrities that move away to avoid some of the press (Johnny Depp, for example), but I don''t know how successful he has been at keeping himself and his family out of the public eye.
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