Celetoids...

I found today's class very riveting because it's a topic that comes up a lot in my family.  Every time I'm at home with my parents, watching television, and Kim Kardashian or some other type of "celebrity" like her shows up, my dad goes crazy; and when I say crazy, I mean extremely flustered.  He tells all of us, "what happened to having talent?  What happened to actually doing something valuable in your life and receiving recognition for that hard work?  Why doesn't Kim Kardashian do a show where she goes around the world helping people instead of being self centered and making intentional sex tapes? So pathetic".  I could go on for days, but my point is that I completely understand what he means, this world has changed so much in the past decade or two especially with the rise of reality television.  I have seen this not only with acting and television shows, but it shows up in music, as well.  I have noticed how music these days is simply based on the beat in the background with absurd and purposeless lyrics, singing about 'putting their hands up in the air', 'shaking that rear', 'getting to the club', etc.
Going back to reality television, I'm glad i'm not the only one that sees it this way, that people are getting famous for no apparent reason.  I think this is a huge issue, but it's the way our society works and the media will always be in charge of making sure they profit and gain something out of the experiences.  If they know that these pointless shows and idiotic behavior is cheap to make, with high profit, well why not continue to make them.  What worries me is how the media portrays these people, and these young girls and boys are actually looking up to them and wanting to be like them.  Looking back at this weekend when Kim and her sister came to Woodfield mall, around 200 people camped out a day before just to come in and see them.  According to the news, the only way that they would be able to meet them is if they were one of the 200 AND purchased something out of their clothing/collection line.  I can't begin to explain how deplorable this situation is and what our world has come to.  No matter what, I will never consider people like Kim Kardashian or any other reality show contestants as "celebrities" because they simply do not deserve that status.