Comments on: When they make you a celebrity and don’t tell you the rules http://www.giftedtypist.com/2009/06/05/when-they-make-you-a-celebrity-and-dont-tell-you-the-rules/ this is not blogging; this is typing Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:02:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Tartan Taxidermist http://www.giftedtypist.com/2009/06/05/when-they-make-you-a-celebrity-and-dont-tell-you-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-6907 Tartan Taxidermist Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:36:23 +0000 http://www.giftedtypist.com/?p=890#comment-6907 Do kids still have access to Stink-Bombs? When I was a kid in the UK we used to go to the Joke Shop on Christmas Steps in Bristol and stock up on glass vial filled with the most fetid rotten egg-smelling yellow solution. Thrown into a public situation they were a room clearer - and OMFG if you got it on yourself - vomit-inducing. Soooooooo Do kids still have access to Stink-Bombs? When I was a kid in the UK we used to go to the Joke Shop on Christmas Steps in Bristol and stock up on glass vial filled with the most fetid rotten egg-smelling yellow solution. Thrown into a public situation they were a room clearer – and OMFG if you got it on yourself – vomit-inducing. Soooooooo

]]> By: barbara http://www.giftedtypist.com/2009/06/05/when-they-make-you-a-celebrity-and-dont-tell-you-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-6903 barbara Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:33:30 +0000 http://www.giftedtypist.com/?p=890#comment-6903 The turnaround time on this is certainly enough to make your head spin. The world of celebrity is speeding up exponentially. The turnaround time on this is certainly enough to make your head spin. The world of celebrity is speeding up exponentially.

]]> By: cube http://www.giftedtypist.com/2009/06/05/when-they-make-you-a-celebrity-and-dont-tell-you-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-6897 cube Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:30:19 +0000 http://www.giftedtypist.com/?p=890#comment-6897 I'm of two minds about this. One one hand I feel sorry for Susan, but on the other hand, her future looks very rosy right now. I couldn't handle a singing contract, but a book deal would be nice. She's got it all. I’m of two minds about this. One one hand I feel sorry for Susan, but on the other hand, her future looks very rosy right now. I couldn’t handle a singing contract, but a book deal would be nice. She’s got it all.

]]> By: Racquel Valencia http://www.giftedtypist.com/2009/06/05/when-they-make-you-a-celebrity-and-dont-tell-you-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-6896 Racquel Valencia Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:47:04 +0000 http://www.giftedtypist.com/?p=890#comment-6896 The whole Susan Boyle saga is by turns inspiring, entertaining and tragic. My brother and his girlfriend were in the UK for the past three weeks and told me that we have no concept of what the media is like there. And we thought coverage of Jessica Simpson in unflattering jeans and a drugged-up Britney performing in her underwear were bad. In a way, this helps to cement the Susan Boyle phenomenon in the collective consciousness of popular culture... although probably not for the right reasons. Will her remember her voice or her dowdy clothing? Her talent or her breakdown? The way she moved some people to tears or how she was shoved off her pedestal by the same people who placed her there? It's similar to Jon and Kate Plus 8... we love to love them, but we love to hate them even more. And even when I want to quit, I get a craving for just one more hit of fallen icon heroin. The whole Susan Boyle saga is by turns inspiring, entertaining and tragic. My brother and his girlfriend were in the UK for the past three weeks and told me that we have no concept of what the media is like there. And we thought coverage of Jessica Simpson in unflattering jeans and a drugged-up Britney performing in her underwear were bad.

In a way, this helps to cement the Susan Boyle phenomenon in the collective consciousness of popular culture… although probably not for the right reasons. Will her remember her voice or her dowdy clothing? Her talent or her breakdown? The way she moved some people to tears or how she was shoved off her pedestal by the same people who placed her there?

It’s similar to Jon and Kate Plus 8… we love to love them, but we love to hate them even more. And even when I want to quit, I get a craving for just one more hit of fallen icon heroin.

]]> By: Dick http://www.giftedtypist.com/2009/06/05/when-they-make-you-a-celebrity-and-dont-tell-you-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-6894 Dick Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:56:55 +0000 http://www.giftedtypist.com/?p=890#comment-6894 I like it, Cormac. What are the stock options? Usually i don't have a lot of sympathy for celebrities. They make big dollar based on having fans, so that's the price they pay. Ms. Boyle on the other hand may not have been shooting for the stars. If not then I feel for her, but if she had her sights set on stardom...I guess it was all self inflicted. I like it, Cormac. What are the stock options?

Usually i don’t have a lot of sympathy for celebrities. They make big dollar based on having fans, so that’s the price they pay.

Ms. Boyle on the other hand may not have been shooting for the stars. If not then I feel for her, but if she had her sights set on stardom…I guess it was all self inflicted.

]]> By: Cormac Brown http://www.giftedtypist.com/2009/06/05/when-they-make-you-a-celebrity-and-dont-tell-you-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-6893 Cormac Brown Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:49:15 +0000 http://www.giftedtypist.com/?p=890#comment-6893 "According to reports in the British newspapers, the tabloid photographers were taunting her when she blew a gasket and swore at them before the contest finals." This is the way I figure it and it's pretty much my solution to everything, even though I don't own one of these devices. We allow celebs to have a certain "Radius of Freedom" around themselves. If the Stalkerazzi come within say a five-point-five metres of the circle, a homeless person with a low-impact, fully-automatic paintball gun will let loose on them. Realistically, the Stalkerazzi don't need to come any closer than that, because they have cameras that have lenses that can take pictures from thousands of feet away, to capture celebs sunning themselves topless in the south of France. The celebs will not be hounded to the point of insanity, the homeless are gainfully employed, and dry cleaners and Laundromats are making huge business. “According to reports in the British newspapers, the tabloid photographers were taunting her when she blew a gasket and swore at them before the contest finals.”

This is the way I figure it and it’s pretty much my solution to everything, even though I don’t own one of these devices. We allow celebs to have a certain “Radius of Freedom” around themselves. If the Stalkerazzi come within say a five-point-five metres of the circle, a homeless person with a low-impact, fully-automatic paintball gun will let loose on them.

Realistically, the Stalkerazzi don’t need to come any closer than that, because they have cameras that have lenses that can take pictures from thousands of feet away, to capture celebs sunning themselves topless in the south of France. The celebs will not be hounded to the point of insanity, the homeless are gainfully employed, and dry cleaners and Laundromats are making huge business.

]]> By: Megan http://www.giftedtypist.com/2009/06/05/when-they-make-you-a-celebrity-and-dont-tell-you-the-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-6892 Megan Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:43:05 +0000 http://www.giftedtypist.com/?p=890#comment-6892 I could not agree more. I could not agree more.

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