added by Jonathan Simcoe · updated 2y ago
The Crisis of Christian Celebrity
Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters
- There’s real damage to be made when famous faces, as well as people in our day-to-day lives, make an effort to conceal how nepotism benefited their career trajectories. Often, working class fans idolise the supposed trajectories of celebrities as a symbol that hard work can achieve anything – if they can do it, anyone can.
from What TikTok’s obsession with nepotism babies says about class by The Face
Keely Adler added
Those who become obsessed with celebrities often profess a personal relationship with them, not unlike the relationship a born-again Christian professes to have with Jesus.
from Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle by Chris Hedges