Collin Palmers Obsession

Lots of people have been obsessed with celebrities for thousands of years. In Collin Palmers short essay response, he mentions that being obsessed with celebrities is a healthy escape from our boring lives. Sure, being obsessed with celebrities can inspire people in doing good things, but it can also be negative. Although Palmer is somewhat correct with his statement, “being obsessed with celebrities is healthy,” some people can be obsessed with the wrong celebrities which can cause negative events in our society.

In Collin Palmers short essay response, various amounts of people would agree with Palmers argument, but I feel that nowadays celebrities are not aware of their actions which goes around quickly. For example, in the Deborah Kings

article, “The impact Celebrities Have in Our Lives”, it states that, “...we are more enthralled by celebrities who have worse reputations than celebrities who are excellent role models” (9). This quote is important because this shows that we all rather pay attention to the negative than the positive. Also, in a parents perspective, they are worried about their children being influenced by the wrong role models. For example, in Deborah Kings article it states, “As parents or mentors, we have to be careful what we allow children to see and listen to” (9). This is very true because as parents they need to be very cautious of what their kids are listening to or watching.
About two months ago, our class did a survey as well as the others. The survey had thirteen questions talking about celebrities. In one question that the survey mentions, ¨I spend time listening to or reading celebrity news online, in magazines, or on TV?” 10% of students said that they do. But what about if more people took this survey, people outside our school. In Deborah kings article it mentions, ¨According to an advertising resource called the Consumer Magazine Advertising Source, entertainment publications, like the popular Entertainment Weekly and the nefarious National Enquirer, sell around five million copies on a weekly basis. This is a huge amount of money. As long as people buy, magazines will keep providing us with celebrity news.¨