How has the nature of fame changed?
How has the nature of fame changed?
Imagine two celebrities standing in front of you: Audrey Hepburn and Kim Kardashian?
Is there anything different in the way they are or how they became famous? It’s no
surprise that the way celebrities present themselves has changed immeasurably since
the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Back in the day, celebrities were presented as incomparably glamorous, flawless
beings, closer to gods than humans. Fame was controlled not by the famous and
certainly not by the audience, but by the owners of the media. The lives of the rich and
the famous used to be mysterious and even inexplicable. It was so foreign and artificial
a construct that we thought that fame made you special.
The rise of reality TV, however, was a major step in the changing nature of celebrity.
“Normal people” became stars overnight
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