The cult of celebrity

looksee

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/07/entertainment/danny-trejo-saves-baby-trnd/index.html

This kind of nonsense mystifies me. Heading - film star baddy rescues baby. Story - he was there and did his best but it was actually an unnamed young woman who crawled into the crashed, upside down car and released the baby.

No reflection on Danny Trejo, (who he?) he told the story as it happened, but the news thought it made a better story for him to get the headline.

What is the obsession with 'celebrities', actors, presenters, 'influencers and people who are famous just because they are famous? Why do people get so involved with them and their lives? Why would a news outlet use a famous (apparently) name in the headline when it immediately becomes obvious in the story that he was not really the hero of the piece?

Sonics2k

Danny Trejo is an absolute legend of a man, and well worth reading into his past and life before he became an actor.

OldGoat

Danny "Machete" Trejo could take Chuck Norris, but only with a machete. Just sayin'.

looksee

Sonics2k wrote: »

Danny Trejo is an absolute legend of a man, and well worth reading into his past and life before he became an actor.

That's no doubt true, this is not about him, its about why a news service thought that exaggerating his minor role in a situation was justified to get the clicks, when it was immediately obvious that he was not the hero?

Its quite possible that he would have preferred that the woman get the headline and be embarrassed that his part was overstated.

Bigbagofcans

I don't mind this kind of celebrity.

It's the "celebrities" being created from reality shows, Instagram that we can't seem to escape from.

Autecher

looksee wrote: »

That's no doubt true, this is not about him, its about why a news service thought that exaggerating his minor role in a situation was justified to get the clicks, when it was immediately obvious that he was not the hero?

You just said why. Click-bait, more clicks, more likes and more comments which all means more money.

Autecher

I don't get people's obsession with celebrities myself. Looking at things like the Graham Norton Show or any chat show and they just get fawned over by everybody, the audience and the host howling with laughter at everything they say. It's very cult like as you say in the thread title Looksee. Autographs and pictures are things I don't get either, people climbing over other people just to get Tom Cruise or whoever to squiggle his name on something or take a selfie with you? I find it really strange, at least the ones who sell the autographs have a financial motivation but others I don't get at all. Why does someone writing their name on something interest anybody in any way at all?

B.A._Baracus

Autecher wrote: »

I don't get people's obsession with celebrities myself. Looking at things like the Graham Norton Show or any chat show and they just get fawned over by everybody, the audience and the host howling with laughter at everything they say. It's very cult like as you say in the thread title Looksee. Autographs and pictures are things I don't get either, people climbing over other people just to get Tom Cruise or whoever to squiggle his name on something or take a selfie with you? I find it really strange, at least the ones who sell the autographs have a financial motivation but others I don't get at all. Why does someone writing their name on something interest anybody in any way at all?

Agreed.
I could see Arnold Schwarzenegger walk down the road and I wouldn't act like a giggling little girl.
Don't get me wrong, I'd get a good look and think "so that's arnie in person" probably think to myslef how small / how tall / whatever. I wouldn't go up to him and ask for his autograph or get a picture.

One eyed Jack

looksee wrote: »

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/07/entertainment/danny-trejo-saves-baby-trnd/index.html

This kind of nonsense mystifies me.

...

Why would a news outlet use a famous (apparently) name in the headline when it immediately becomes obvious in the story that he was not really the hero of the piece?

It gets better, well, I don’t know if “better” is the right word to use, but the story is wrung out for even more than it’s worth by the inclusion of the baby having special needs -


Not only is @officialDannyT (Danny Trejo) one of the nicest actors, he’s also a #hero! He was right behind a crash in Sylmar and pulled a special needs baby out of an overturned car. He distracted the boy until grandma was OK.


(I don’t know how to embed from Twitter, and to be honest I can’t even be arsed trying)

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

looksee wrote: »

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/07/entertainment/danny-trejo-saves-baby-trnd/index.html

This kind of nonsense mystifies me. Heading - film star baddy rescues baby. Story - he was there and did his best but it was actually an unnamed young woman who crawled into the crashed, upside down car and released the baby.

No reflection on Danny Trejo, (who he?) he told the story as it happened, but the news thought it made a better story for him to get the headline.

What is the obsession with 'celebrities', actors, presenters, 'influencers and people who are famous just because they are famous? Why do people get so involved with them and their lives? Why would a news outlet use a famous (apparently) name in the headline when it immediately becomes obvious in the story that he was not really the hero of the piece?

He's the one who fought El Solenya and lived.

cobweb

Sells more papers

RayCon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0

El_Duderino 09

Autecher wrote: »

You just said why. Click-bait, more clicks, more likes and more comments which all means more money.

Exactly that. It's capitalism, fair and square. If It sells and makes a profit, it's good business. If nit enough people wanted it then it would be a big business. But they do, so it is.

whisky_galore

Couldn't give two shíts about celebrities, I wouldn't be running after them like a puppy dog for autographs either.

ILoveYourVibes

Its not a genuine cult.

Its industrial level pr companies. They ring up papers etc.

And Robert De Niro and Jade Goody are part of the same world their PR companies do exactly the same things.

They are internet fixers who get google to remove searches that are not flattering. They get photos removed from websites.

They ADD searches to google. They get papers to run headlines.

All of this is just part of the industry.

If you had money for a pr firm you would be a celeb too. Like Kim K. Her mother bought her career.

Rob De Niros career to some extent was bought too. The studios bought the PR for his films investing MILLIONS in positive PR for him in the process.

looksee

Surely its this background activity that creates the cult? People's willingness to buy into the kind of stuff you are talking about is what makes it a cult.

Hoboo

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

Its not a genuine cult.

Its industrial level pr companies. They ring up papers etc.

And Robert De Niro and Jade Goody are part of the same world their PR companies do exactly the same things.

They are internet fixers who get google to remove searches that are not flattering. They get photos removed from websites.

They ADD searches to google. They get papers to run headlines.

All of this is just part of the industry.

If you had money for a pr firm you would be a celeb too. Like Kim K. Her mother bought her career.

Rob De Niros career to some extent was bought too. The studios bought the PR for his films investing MILLIONS in positive PR for him in the process.

Jade Goody? Apart from being dead, you mention her in the same sentence as the great Bob. WTactualF.