Culturally, this has been the decade of the reality show. And what do we have to show for it? Not much more than the contestants themselves.Far better to glorify tape than to be on it I guess.
Survey the wreckage. Richard Hatch, the first Survivor champion, was just released from prison (he didn’t pay taxes on his winnings). The marriage of the Octoparents, Jon and Kate, is a shambles. Richard and Mayumi Heene were so desperate to land a reality series, they concocted an enormous hoax, convincing the country their child had been carried away in a balloon. Michaele and Tareq Salahi tried to claw their way onto the sure-to-be-hideous series Real Housewives of D.C. by brazening their way into a state dinner. And alleged wife-killer Ryan Jenkins, a contestant on two VH1 shows, is a stark reminder that fame is not a reflection of good character.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Talentless Nobodies Aiming Above Their Stations
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This fits into the "kicking the ladder away" stage of the progress to the top.
Whatever you think of what Toynbee and Murray would call the “proletarianization of the elites,” one point is beyond dispute: The rich can afford moral lassitude more than the poor can. Hilton, heir to a hotel fortune, has life as simple as she wants it to be. Tiger Woods is surely a cad, but as a pure matter of economics, he can afford to be one.
It is beyond dispute that It's perfectly acceptable if you have enough money. Otherwise you should be put in the stocks for a wk. or so & be "shamed."
A "cad?" Gee ziz.
tried to claw their way [...] by brazening their way
Some journals hire copy-editors to go over the work of oblivious or word-deaf writers and remove this kind of awkwardness.
Some journals hire copy-editors to go over the work of oblivious or word-deaf writers and remove this kind of awkwardness.
Some papers cut their losses and fire the offender.
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