It’s one of those things people keep to themselves, along with listening to top 40 music and being addicted to soap operas; reading, watching or listening to entertainment news. It’s completely frivolous, with no meaning, nothing that impacts the world. So why do we do it?
We put stars on a pedestal, as if fame, fortune and good looks make someone better than another. It’s everything we want. It’s the ideal. If we see someone on the big screen our subconscious says, “they’ve made it.” But where have they made it to? As if those things actually could make someone happy. Of course, it doesn’t hurt to try.
There’s only one real reason we read and watch entertainment news. It’s because we are living vicariously through them, even if the news is fake or what’s being reported can’t really capture the whole picture. It’s not like there’s a movie made on a star’s life. Oh wait, there is. It’s called E-True Hollywood Story. But I wouldn’t know anything about it. I’ve never seen it. I don’t know where I got that idea and I don’t know that you can find information through it on Angelina, Cher and Princess Diana.
Why is America so obsessed with star relationships like Brangelina, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban and Lindsay and Sam? When it comes to relationships in America we idolize the ultimate monogamous relationship, the happily ever after. Our collective American subconscious craves it like Burger King hamburgers and McDonald’s fries, that we take home to the one boy, the one girl, the white picket fence and the house that is paid for.
It doesn’t matter if it’s real or if it’s a fantasy, we’ll all ultimately want it till we die or it kills us. So Lindsay Lohan is dating a woman? Perhaps I can date a woman too? Brangelina are soul mates? I can find my soul mate too. Madonna got a divorce from Guy? Oh my god, my world is crushed! Now my secret hope that the fantasy is real has hit reality. What will I do now? I’ll turn my attention to Christina Aguilera and Jordan Bratman. I wonder how many children I’ll have. Oops, I mean she.
