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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Celebrity
What does it take to be a celebrity? I guess if you are recognized for something or honestly anything these days. Like the zombie kid on the news who likes turtles or the guy who was featured on the news after someone tried to break into their home/ Kim Kardashian, i would consider is a celebrity and not a celetoid. She is however a combination of attributed, ascribed and achieved. Why is she achieved? Well for now she does have her own clothing line and show. Why is she ascribed? Well both her parents were famous. Her father was an Olympic gold medalist and her mother was part of an elitist group of Hollywood and has a connection to the OJ Simpson lawyer and was friends with Nicole Simpson. And well she was attributed due to the pornographic tape that came out of her and her ex-boyfriend Ray-J. But her show is basically a maintenance of keeping her fame stability. She actually has no talent outside of being beautiful and selling her backside as a commodity. Her looks are very pleasing to the eyes, however it is irritating to watch someone on TV grasping stardom because of someone else's accomplishments. If you do notice on the show the father is vaguely portrayed and the women, who cause the most drama, are featured more throughout the show.
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