On digg.com, the TOP rated article is a one paragraph story about Paris Hilton losing her inheritance. That article is getting about a 1000 hits every hour and it is still going pretty strong. Exactly why is Paris Hilton this popular?? Is she a good actor? no. Can she sing? absolutely NOT; Has she done ANY good for the society or the people around her? definitely no. Is she even beautiful to look at? In my opinion, she most definitely is NOT! So why are people going gaga over anything to do with Paris Hilton?
There have been many days whereupon I have pondered about this question and am yet to find an answer. In this article are some of my thoughts about Paris Hilton and her popularity. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think. The most recent news about Paris Hilton is the ever popular jail story and her interview with Larry King on CNN. So, she got caught driving drunk and was told to stay put for a while (I believe a house arrest).. but her being the arrogant and shameless party animal that she is, decides to break her curfew and drive carelessly through the night. Of course, she gets pulled over by the police and gets sentenced to a couple of weeks in jail. During her time in the prison, a wax statue of hers with jailbird clothing was erected in New York City and was placed there until her release. America went nuts over her and it was all anyone could talk about. After her release, she decides to refuse all offers of interview except Larry King and does an "emotional" interview with him on CNN's Larry King Live. The interview was extremely opaque with her pretentious demonstration of emotions and her claim that she has "changed". One reason for her popularity may be the amount of wealth that she has inherited and her views towards money. I suppose all lower class teenagers would look at Paris Hilton as somewhat of a gifted individual who has all the wealth that she needs without working a single day. It is surprising however, that they are not angered by her values and views towards money. I suppose they simply wish to become like her and are merely observing her characteristics and understanding the lifestyles of the rich and famous.
Paris Hilton has attained so much popularity that she gets paid to attend certain clubs. Rumors state that she gets paid $50 000 for a single night at a club. On top of that, she has several movies and albums under her belt. I think it is the tabloids, internet videos and articles and those "Fabulous life of the Rich and Famous" shows that have contributed a whole lot to her ever increasing popularity. Those shows give the people a taste of her lifestyle and how easy money and popularity comes to such and undeserving (if you will) brat! Curiosity is probably the biggest contributor to her popularity. People are simply surprised and even shocked by her popularity and simply want to know more about her, thus ironically increasing her popularity even more. Even this article, even though is supposed to make people re-evaluate their role models, is ironically increasing Paris Hilton's popularity as we speak (or read, rather). After reading this, you may want to read more about this princess and what makes her so popular, after which you will probably discuss with your friends about her and how undeserving she is. The next time a show comes on about her lifestyle or any new controversies that she is involved in, you will naturally tune in and watch it with the utmost interest! Hence, one can conclude that her popularity is nothing more than fluff that has exaggerated more than its limits and has given rise to a new word: "socialite".
Socialite is a word used to describe Paris Hilton as she is popular neither by her acting, nor her singing (or any other "talent" that she has). It is merely through socializing and creating publicity stunts to make people talk about her. It really takes a genius to make socializing their profession. So this leads to our next question.. Is Paris Hilton a genius? Well, the media certainly portrays her as somewhat dumb, spoilt and arrogant brat. However, there must be more than just arrogance in her that has made her this popular. It is merely the timing and the good fortune that she has been having with all her antics. I think there are definitely a team of people working behind the scenes to promote Paris Hilton (there obviously has to be). So hats off to them for all their success! How long will this last? I imagine this phenomenon to be more of a bubble that has reached its peak of bursting. People are really getting tired (or I hope they are ;)) with the antics of her and all the other pop princesses and socialites out there like Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Richie, and the rest of them. Hopefully it will all blow over and people will finally come to their senses and be concerned about more important issues. All topics about World and Business, Technology, and Science are much lower in the ratings when compared to celebrity and entertainment. I think this is high time for people to re-evaluate their preferences and concern themselves with higher matters of consequences. As for Paris Hilton, my hats off to her and all her undeserving success. She better enjoy the fame while it lasts, after which the only thing she will have is unlimited money (aww.. poor her :() If you can think of any other reasons why she is soo popular, please leave a comment!
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Kudos for recognizing the frivolousness of Paris Hilton, and her ridiculous following in the western hemisphere. Another thumbs up for recognizing your own contribution to her fame by discussing her on your blog. ;) But that is exactly how she did it. Genius is a term that should never be used lightly. Nor should it ever refer to anyone who has had a detrimental affect on todays society. She is famous because she is a distraction. Twinkies are famous around this part of the world, but can we call them genius? Twinkies contain no nutritional value, they don't look delicious and they can probably give you cancer and an STD at the same time (maybe i'm being harsh and disgusting). Can we all see the resemblance? When people are starving, we know we can always count on the Twinkie (with its 100-year shelf life) to nourish us (and i use that term very lightly) in desperate times. We are currently starved for anything that will distract us from our sad and discouraging world. Death, disease, war, global warming, and depression are too much for our pleasure-seeking society to handle. Rather than counter these issues and perhaps solve them (not so much death, although people today will do anything to pretend that they can beat it), we choose to distract ourselves with Disney-like fantasies, such as Paris Hilton and her "glorious" life. If it's not her, it will be someone else. She wont last forever in the spotlight. I'm sure in a couple years she'll be Dancing with the Stars or trying to gain weight in Celebrity Fit Club Presents: Anorexics Anonymous.
No worries here. She's just a fad, like MC Hammer Pants, Pogs, Nano Pets, Fanny Packs, and the Macarena. Remember those? It's ok, I dont want to either.
Cousin Jess.
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