tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post9078315768146289120..comments2024-03-27T09:14:27.496+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: Peaches Geldof and CelebrityPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-58043167109093774552014-04-22T15:01:39.687+01:002014-04-22T15:01:39.687+01:00to (mis)quote rene char, i wonder if currently cel...to (mis)quote rene char, i wonder if currently celebrity doesn't have something to do with "the nearness of distance." the simultaneity of larger-than-life status and glamor gets packaged together with a kind of pseudo-intimacy, or let's say the fantasy of intimacy, of these powerful figures seemingly wanting to share their lives with us. of course, come to think of it, that phrase by rene char has to do with the presence of death, and even though you don't want any poetry on your blog, there's a line from charles olson that's appropriate here: <br /><br />as the dead prey upon us<br />they are the dead in ourselves<br />awake, my sleeping ones, <br />I cry out to you<br />disentangle the nets of being!<br /><br />lesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-56953035750609081292014-04-21T22:31:52.547+01:002014-04-21T22:31:52.547+01:00I think there's something much different about...I think there's something much different about celebrity - it's a secularisation of the personality cults the advent of mass media threw around dictatorial figures. But is more pernicious and more interwoven in everyday life as per this and my other musings on celebrity.<br /><br />I would avoid essentialising it though. Would a peasant in mediaeval England or a slave in Mesopotamia project their senses of self onto a living idol? No, because they didn't have a sense of self in the modern understanding of the term.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-48140181877180477222014-04-09T17:56:23.483+01:002014-04-09T17:56:23.483+01:00It should be noted that suicides among men are far...It should be noted that suicides among men are far higher than among women, as are premature deaths generally. I am not saying she committed suicide but was responding to this typical liberal left dog bites man platitude:<br /><br />"But there are a never-ending procession of deaths of young women every single day."<br /><br />The thing is when we really analyse the instances of male premature death we find an unsympathetic liberal left.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-61005187180682667952014-04-09T06:44:37.419+01:002014-04-09T06:44:37.419+01:00Its natural isn't it? We have evolved to worsh...Its natural isn't it? We have evolved to worship leaders, even from afar, like kings, for example, who many people have gladly gone to their graves on behalf of. <br /><br />More even - there is something religious about celebrities. Hence celebrity worship. False (celebrity) idols.<br /><br />Saints used to be like pop stars - in some place they put their tombs on plinths because the crowds were so large.<br /><br />We dream of fame as if it is heaven, a secular heaven. <br /><br />Im with john gray - although the outward symbols might change, Man remains essentially the same. Speedynoreply@blogger.com