tag:poshrant.blog.co.uk,2009-11-08:/MokoFeed2009-11-08T22:57:14+01:00tag:poshrant.blog.co.uk,2008-09-12:/2008/09/12/celebrity-obsession-4718059/#c7734604deleted user2008-09-12T15:59:36+02:002008-09-12T15:59:36+02:00Agreed 100%. I honestly don't know either. I suppose there have always been idiots in the public eye, but in the past they had at least to do something other than just be idiots to get noticed. So-called 'reality TV' (which is, of course, anything but) is a self-fulfilling prophecy; as you point out, the dull and insignificant are given media exposure and, hey presto, they miraculously become objects of interest and (God help us) 'celebrities.' <br> <br> I suppose a Marxist might claim it was an example of the commodification of desire (i.e. to be significant), which can then be used to create a market, with the usual supply/demand/profit equation. There are worse explanations, e.g. that a significant proportion of the population has retreated into a kind of helpless infantilism, or that we're all possessed by demons of imbecility, or something.<br> <br> Like I say, I dunno.