In “The Faces in the Mirror” Ty Burr talks about how stars really are. Everyone wonders what stars are really like, what they like to do on their free time, and who they are. America always aspire to meet these people, they want to be them and be famous.
They are just human beings, like us, they are not in away different than us. They have feelings, they have problems, and they need to be treated with respect just like every other person. Burr references how he saw a celebrity in Manhattan, New York. The celebrity we saw, was Robbin Williams, he had no life in his eyes, didn’t look sad or mad it was just nothing. Sometimes being a celebrity takes its toll on them. They never get the chance to have real friends or have people who actually care about them. They have little to no privacy so Burr left him alone because he felt bad for him.
As a country we are wired to automatically aspire to be famous. We want to be them. Everyone has always looked up to the stars, we pay money to watch them, and pay extra money to go and see them. Throughout time American has been in love with the stars, we buy clothes the stars wore, we get hair styles stars have, and we design our homes like the stars’ homes. Everyone wants to be the stars and they want what they have, they want their life, their cars, and their money.
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Burr then talks about what will happen to us after we all are stars and what happens to stardom after we all are stars.
We can become famous via Facebook or our second lives and it seems easier now to become famous because of the internet. Now days there are more and more reality shows and those were just normal people who lived interesting lives. Those normal people now have a TV show, what will happen if we all get TV shows about our lives. Still, there are still classic actors who actually know how to do their job rather than just a reality show. No matter what these actors or non-actors do, we still aspire to be
them. Actors, famous people who did nothing, and many more people, shape our culture. There should be a distinction made between actors and stars. Burr claims that all stars are actors but not all actors are stars. Stars have a persona, which is a persona idea in order to be successful. To be able to switch their personalities and change their tone, mood, and body language so the audience sees that they’re actually the character they are playing. Some eras revolved more around the stars than others. Different stars speak and related to typically one era and not to other eras. People pay to go see these stars in movies but then go home and just make fun of them on social media. We always listen to the tabloids and are intrigued by what these stars are doing every day. We want Hollywood’s identities and not ones we can make our own. As a social community many of our lives revolve around stars.
Part of that is because some people’s perspectives of celebrities allow them think as if they’re on a pedestal and are more important than the average human. When people vision these celebrities as these quintessential people it enable’s their own thoughts and opinions on the celebrity. It’s like brainwashing, these celebrities only show the media what they want, which allows them to put up a whole façade and mask who they truly are. During the O.J Simpson trial it opened more people’s minds to visualize the concept that celebrities have the ability to be just as deranged as the average person, and that we are all equal, but the only difference that’s separates us is the fact that their job is in the lime
Many people might say that stars are merely a product of the Hollywood system needing to make a profit; Hollywood manufactures a product and creates the demand for it. A star's image is processed through advertisements and promotions and has little to do with what the audience wants and needs from entertainment. There is a widespread mentality that any Average Joe can become a star with enough resources backing him up. Richard Dyer points out, however, that even movies full of stars fail, and stars can and do fall out of fashion (12). A star's economic worth is not invulnerable to audiences' opinions. The audience isn't so easily controlled.
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...ildren, and most of their time must be enjoyed in creating their own private space. During our childhood, we build the seeds of creativity that will eventually determine our personality. And during adulthood, we always look back to the wonders of our youth. Show business is very hard for anyone, particularly for kids. Children do not belong in the entertainment industry. Young stars often complain about a stolen childhood, the pressure they have to face at a young age forcing them to mature fast, and the risks of exposure to dirty show business while still an innocent playful child. Celebrities who were exposed to the limelight at a tender age become scarred for life by early success and tend to compensate for the childhood they were deprived of during their later years in life.
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