Content warning: This article contains references to suicide and sexual assault.
#me too This movement didn't expose the dark, twisted side of stardom for you, but the last month certainly should have. When Kate, Duchess of Cambridge went missing, conspiracy theories abounded on TikTok accounts, suggesting that the Princess of Wales was murdered in a similar incident to Princess Diana, was mentally ill, or had a butt lift done by a Brazilian. He claimed that. Edited images of Kate and her three children only added fuel to the fire. On March 22, she announced that Kate has cancer and that she is recovering from abdominal surgery before undergoing chemotherapy.she wanted It appears that the public pressured Kate to reveal this secret in order to keep it a secret for the sake of her children.
As the mystery of Kate's disappearance comes to a head, Maxine Productions and Sony Pictures Television have released the first four episodes of Dan Schneider's documentary series Quiet on Set. Schneider, Nickelodeon's former “golden boy,” was the brains behind many of the most iconic childhood shows for millennials and his Gen Z generation, who grew up in the late 1990s and early 2000s. I still remember the outro clip “Schneider's Bakery” that accompanied the end credits of “iCarly” and “Drake & Josh.” Although his show was made for pre-teens, Schneider placed overt sexual innuendos and demonstrations throughout: body fluid movement, moaning, and lots of toes. Off screen, Dan was abusive and out of control. On set, the film crew gave him massages, encouraged him to work unpaid overtime, and split his wages 50-50 between the two female employees. One of them was pressured into repeating his story to a staff member while bending over a desk as if he were being sodomized. Oh, and there were multiple sex offenders on the set of his show. But until #MeToo came out, Mr. Schneider was held virtually unaccountable.Instead of focusing on Schneider's actions, the internet became crowded Nickelodeon star Amanda Bynes and performer Britney Spears have publicly broken up.
You can't blame the viewers for Middleton or Schneider Vines' extravagant show. It is clear that the media and the judicial system need internal reform. Child stars should undergo mandatory mental health checks, and states should expand laws that protect celebrities from the manipulation of intrusive paparazzi and money-hungry relatives. However, I believe that changing the way we view celebrities will lead to a more positive society, both inside and outside of Hollywood and Universal Studios. royal family.
We must at the same time understand that celebrities are ordinary people, walking advertisements whose job is to sell the latest movies, products, and trends.When we worship celebrities, we hurt them, and we hurt ourselves too.
Our tendency to put celebrities on a pedestal has led many psychologists to classify “celebrity worship” as a clinical disorder. In our society, celebrities are gods. While there will always be shrieking fans desperate to touch the Beatles or, in extreme cases, murder John Lennon, the expansion of smartphones and social media platforms has created a new generation of ad hoc paparazzi and internet freaks. It increased rapidly.Celebrities have little privacy today. They have become a product of the general public. We scrutinize their every move and comment on their every interaction.
Kate's public statement is a not-so-extreme result of what happens when we invade the lives of celebrities. While the pressures of fame may have facilitated a long list of celebrity suicides, either intentional or by drugs, certain deaths are undoubtedly caused by fame. In 1932, British actor Peg Entwistle, just 24 years old, fell to her death from the “H” of the Hollywood sign. In 1934, actor, director, and film writer Lou Tellegen stabbed himself with carved golden scissors, and his body was surrounded by accolades from his past career in Hollywood. Ta. In 1968, American actor and politician Albert Decker committed suicide by hanging himself after writing a negative review of a film. Lipstick all over the body.
These events are tragic for these people and for humanity. “Copycat suicide” is a real phenomenon. But even if fans don't commit suicide in direct response to these celebrities, fear not. Such phenomena prove that celebrities determine culture and that widespread celebrity imitation is genuine.
Young women find themselves buying lip fillers to look like Kylie Jenner, while young men fall prey to Andrew Tate's seductive masculinity and misogynistic rhetoric.When these celebrities impose an exaggerated and limited definition of morality Or beauty, that cult is their followers. Unfortunately, just as there are always new products to sell, there are always new ideals to promote.
Celebrities carefully craft their public images so we don't know their true personalities. Inevitably, we give terrible people a massive platform. We treat Angelina Jolie and Leonardo DiCaprio like gods because they starred in movies produced by Harvey Weinstein. Weinstein became an untouchable ruler, controlling hundreds of actors-turned-gods. Such numbers are becoming unstoppable as actors are desperate to get fame, big money, and adoring fans.
Indeed, celebrities can serve as positive role models, inspire the next generation of change-makers, and advocate for social issues.We can respect these numbers, but make it otherworldly It's unhealthy because it puts too much pressure on them to be perfect and on us to be perfectly like them.
