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Friday, July 08, 2005"Are we oversaturated (with celebrity news)?" Insana asked. "Have we gotten to that point? Is it possible to get to that point where the American public, which was once insatiable when it came to watching the lives of the rich and famous, are maybe now just sick (of it)?" The public, I replied, may well be turned off by celebrity news because, "We now have so much media spotlight on these stars and the stars have become so public about telling us what they believe down deep sincerely and it's so different from what the rest of the country believes that, of course, it has a negative effect. And then the behavior of the stars (is an issue)." Although there have been a number of incidents involving celebrities who have run afoul of the law, Russell Crowe's arrest this summer in New York for heaving a telephone at a hotel desk clerk's head probably makes him today's poster boy for bad movie star behavior. "You know," Insana added, "between sports stars and movie stars you get this behavioral environment that probably most people don't want their kids to see yet alone have to endure themselves. That nails it. Yesterday, I was throwing out the old magazines in my exam rooms and waiting rooms. Every issue of People for the past two months has had either Tom/Katie or Brad/Angelina on their covers. They may be very photogenic couples but their stories are about as compelling as any teenage couple's in any town. And when we've been saturated with their images and stories, why would we want time and money to see them some more - even if they are telling different stories on the screen? posted by Sydney on 7/08/2005 08:27:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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