Celebrityology
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Without celebrities so many weblogs - this one included - would justly vanish. Would you like to be a celebrityologist?
But do we really need to study, say, philosophy and biology? And, by the way, why learn foreign languages when everyone speaks English? No, the most useful tool today would be a degree in celebrity studies.
Imagine, for instance, not learning about outer space if we truly believed in extraterrestrial life. Well, a good part of modern society believes in a phenomenon called celebrity life. And proof of its existence is mounting daily. In fact, everything suggests it is gradually taking over earlier life-forms like culture and politics.
The question is, how best to prepare for this? How to recognize the importance of, say, Kate Moss being fired as the “face” of three fashion groups or Madonna and her husband, Guy Ritchie, being booed at the premiere of his latest movie? That was last week. Or the news that flashed around the world the week before: Renée Zellweger seeks annulment of her four-month-old marriage!
The lesson for today - study ‘celebrityology’