tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post5538203149734103041..comments2024-03-20T19:23:09.857+02:00Comments on Notes from underground: Celebrity cultsSteve Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-16048660398494099682010-03-09T03:27:34.325+02:002010-03-09T03:27:34.325+02:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-35113670094598998502009-10-26T08:47:44.834+02:002009-10-26T08:47:44.834+02:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-41178579181087736382009-10-16T01:22:45.788+02:002009-10-16T01:22:45.788+02:00I'm not sure if this is something new, but tec...I'm not sure if this is something new, but technology surely enables it to become more than local, quickly. In the "olden days", weren't there favorite gladiators, with their obsessed followers?<br /><br />Dana AmesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-85610625097993085812009-10-15T18:30:24.136+02:002009-10-15T18:30:24.136+02:00I'm with agreement with you. I never understo...I'm with agreement with you. I never understood the obsession with celebrity, myself.<br /><br />And like, Yewtree, I find myself wondering what lack in the psyche it assuages. Why do people have this burning desire to know about celebrities relationships? Why does anyone care about how many kids Brad and Angelina have adopted? At times, I've wondered if it's a case of merely vicarious living, that people find their own lives so boring that they hope to find excitement by peeking into celebrities' lives. Or is there more to it than that?Jarredhttp://musings.northerngrove.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-83078137134549050502009-10-15T12:58:59.793+02:002009-10-15T12:58:59.793+02:00Completely agree with you Steve - the worship of c...Completely agree with you Steve - the worship of celebrities is a particularly vacuous and irritating facet of modernity.<br /><br />I wonder what lack in the psyche it assuages?Yewtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02028699564003381058noreply@blogger.com