Sunday, August 7, 2016

60 second celebrity

Be awarded a Medal of Honor. Get a Purple Heart. Risk your life to save another. Be a family like the Khans. Those achievements get a 60 seconds of celebrity. On stage, then quickly off. We can't tolerate too big a dose of integrity.

But act like Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian, Ozzy Osborne, Jerry Springer, Kanye West. Celebrity is endless. The more gossip and antics, the ore we like it. We eat it up.

After all, as much time is devoted to all of national and international events on the evening news as to entertainment "news" or game shows.

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