Fame
One day, Eddie Murphy will launch into space in a dazzling emerald rocketship powered by ‘80s anecdotes and melted copies of The Adventures of Pluto Nash.
Jim Carrey will also be on board reading scripts for movies about animals finding love by doing people things and Sean William Scott rocks back and forth muttering: “I’m not Stifler, I’m a real person named Sean”.
And that ship will punch through the atmosphere and take them to a world beyond the reaches of time, where middle-aged stars grappling with relevancy issues are free to make sequels without feeling the scorn of the Internet drilling into their brains.
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If a meteor were spotted tomorrow hurtling towards the Earth, you could bet that some shirtless Mike Sorrentino clone would spend his final minutes lip-syncing Rihanna in an attempt to rake up hits before impact.
As astronauts snapped the glowing explosion with their mobiles, old people made out on the beach and random 17-year-olds concluded their wedding vows, he would grin triumphantly. “At least I’m famous,” he would say as the television turned to static and the chanting began.
At any given moment, millions of people are sprinting toward fame, with no clue as to what they’ll do if and when they finally grasp it. Encouraged by the handful of well-publicised success stories, they cheerfully upload their auto-tuned vocals, tear-streaked rants and subway dance routines.
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PrimeLives says:
Right on! Kim Karnobody wouldn’t be ‘famous’ if everyone just turned away. Girl started at my office and her facebook likes included Kim, I instantly wriote her off as having no substance and being the personification of what is wrong with the world. (PS my likes on FB include Barack… Read more »
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N says:
Dear Josh B This is an opinion site, not a news site, therefore the commentators, be they journalists or otherwise, extoll their opinions. I think you’ll find they are doing so not to increase their fame, notoriety or popularity, but because it is required of them as contributors to the… Read more »
The other morning I was thinking about life - because, well, that’s what people do when they’re on the toilet.
As I used my housemate’s slightly dryer towel to wipe my hands, I realised I’d been doing it wrong - life, that is, not hand-drying, which I’ve actually developed quite a knack for.
All this time, I’ve been focused on “the journey”, when the end product is clearly the most important bit. The end product being, of course, a sweet, badass biography. What’s the point of being content if there isn’t a seven-figure book deal at the end of it all?
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bikinis on top says:
The toilet exposes the crystal balls for Jason Tan and others. The bedroom exposes the crystal balls for females and others. Just look into the crystal balls to see the future like Nostradamus. Read more »
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stephen says:
Busy people are boring. It’s only the idle who have stories. Read more »
When I was 12, I wanted to be an air hostess when I grew up. My best friend wanted to be a traffic warden. She even drew a picture of herself in a beige uniform handing out a parking ticket.
Neither of us achieved our dreams, what with me becoming a journalist and her having to make do with working for one of the world’s biggest film companies.
So she, in particular, was astounded that today’s children no longer have such civic aspirations as we did. Instead, they just want to be famous.
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jg says:
compared to the ALP, ‘We have no f%%king idea.’ Read more »
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Not telling says:
It’s true - I was never famous or even nearly famous but from my late teens to the end of my twenties I was pretty well recognized in my sport of choice and it totally sucked. I’d read garbage about myself in magazines, people would think I’m a snob if… Read more »
If Dickens was alive he’d concede talent counts for little and intelligence for less in one’s bid to become famous in modern society.
Thanks to the internet and TV today we’re breeding a generation of talentless twits who view fame as a right, not a privilege.
In the Dickensian era, society had great expectations of those who aspired to walk among the elite.
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Hank says:
The world needs another hairdresser about as much as it needs another journalist mate. So just shut up, get on with it and write something positive for once you tool. You are no better then anybody else. Read more »
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Jessica says:
I’m one of those ‘good kids’ that did well in Year 12 and am now completing my undergraduate degree. But I’m not going to pat myself on the back for it or pretend that I’m better than anyone else. You’re ‘wasted opportunities’ are other people’s opportunities. And just because YOU… Read more »
Is anyone really that shocked at a rugby league player having a big night on the turps?
The arrest in Brisbane this morning of Cowboys captain Johnathan Thurston is, as Darren Lockyer said of his mate, a real pity for him and he’ll be cursing himself for (allegedly) pushing the boundaries with the cops.
But it’s neither corrupt like a salary cap rort nor a flagrant moral infraction like taking performance-enhancers. It’s a low-level bit of stupidity and right-minded people will assess it with a shrug.
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Johnathon says:
@Barry Riiiiggght…...., “people have been locked up for simply walking home”. There wouldn’t be any more to that story at all would there? That’s it, like you said; COPS have a bad day and just lock people up…. !All the time! And you can’t do anything about it because… Read more »
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Drunk Guy says:
Well for many people it is completely normal behaviour, and stories on national TV current affairs shows back that up, and if the police are so thin skinned that they need to arrest people for laughing at their over officiousness, then we all should be arrested, in fact I laugh… Read more »
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