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Celebrities — who needs ‘em? Well, most of us think we need ‘em
I met a friend of mine at the coffee shop this morning whom I hadn’t seen in a year or more. I congratulated her on the good news she shared: She just snagged a full professorship as a psychology prof. I could not resist kidding her about that — something along the lines that we don’t need her kind, because we have Tom Cruise and his friends to teach us all about the human psyche.
She has a good sense of humor and resisted the urge to smack me alongside my obnoxious balding head.
Our discussion took off on that, though, and she make some interesting points: If I need a mechanic, I’ll find one — I probably won’t take my car to Tom Cruise or Paris Hilton to fix it. Likewise, if I need psychological advice, political advice, or whatever guidance, I probably would go to someone more qualified than Tom Cruise or Ms. Hilton.
If I want to know about being a celebrity, I would not go to the mechanic or the psychologist — I would go to Tom Cruise or Paris Hilton. Celebrities know a great deal about being celebrities — but no more than most of us about psychology, mechanics, or brain surgery.
Yet our society is built around a cult of celebrities which gives the rich and famous a nod on any topic they wish to proclaim. Often, thanks to the entertainment tabloids and late-night talk shows, the celebrities themselves seem perplexed at the questions they’re given to pontificate on.
Come on, people, let’s leave the Tom Cruises and Paris Hiltons alone and let them live their lives. Take your cars to the mechanics and your psyches to the psychologists and psychiatrists.
Ah, well, what do I know? I’m just a guy who reads the papers
[tags]celebrities, Tom Cruise, Paris Hilton, psychology, psychiatry, celebrities, just a guy who reads the papers[/tags]
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