tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179849163470795736.post2028297673076334978..comments2023-05-04T04:00:28.239-07:00Comments on My Blog: The Obsession with FameMAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09899777819104001151noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179849163470795736.post-41566286389793738962008-02-04T11:47:00.000-08:002008-02-04T11:47:00.000-08:00To expand on my blog, I want to make connections w...To expand on my blog, I want to make connections with Schumaker. He says that “the ego has become so artificially inflated in today’s cultural climate that the idea of being famous is seen as a requirement for happiness” (170). I have to agree that we all want to be famous, like I said in my blog, and if we can’t, we obsess with the people who are famous. As we watch the celebrities, we see them “fall prey to their anxieties about the fickleness of their unknown worshippers” (171). It is obviously a scary world, living in the limelight, yet all we do is worship them for it. So I still ask the question “Why?”. Why do we watch celebrities fall as the whole world watches? Why do we crave privacy but don’t give celebrities any at all?MAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09899777819104001151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7179849163470795736.post-12682118186417801442008-02-03T13:25:00.000-08:002008-02-03T13:25:00.000-08:00This post connects with some of the stuff Schumake...This post connects with some of the stuff Schumaker talks about in the narcissism chapter. Why not go back and add a comment to your own post about whether or not you agree with what he says there. Or anybody else who reads this, do it. We need to get some conversations going that have to do with connecting your interests and ideas with what you are reading about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com