Has showbiz taken over the world

kirk.

Life just seems like a twin track one track is real and the other isn't

Has it always been that way

fryup

no, Putin has

Quantum Erasure

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118742629#Comment_118742629

He's losing the war online and in the media, that's what counts

EmmetSpiceland

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

kirk.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118742750#Comment_118742750

I would rather you didn't go there

I reckon life's probably 80% real and 20% showbiz

KaneToad

I know this is a light hearted thread but I really think it has. Substance is nothing, image is everything. The show is of prime importance. The reality is irrelevant.

- Our next president will be a "celebrity" who has never held public office.

- Kids of today want to be famous. Without being too specific about the medium of their fame.

- Influencers are a thing.

- Govts are afraid to do something unpalatable because of how it looks. (This is why long term issues are never dealt with.)

KaneToad

kirk.

There's so big of a gap between illusion and reality

I don't understand it

dxhound2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118742848#Comment_118742848

It was ever thus, if you take the long view of history.

riclad

Since tv started broadcasting its a cliche kids want to be rich and famous, before the web existed,

our president has no power, its just someone who has not offended anyone or is a middle of the road moderate. Who has not expressed any extreme views Politicans have to have policy's and opinions. Whether its Liberal or Conservative Yes actors and models are judged on image, you have to look a certain way to be a movie star, lead actor, model,

Yes, character actors can look like an average person this is not America an Irish president does not pass laws or have executive powers its more of a symbolic role

of course some Politicans employ stylists and pr reps to enhance their image or brand

Strumms

Look at music, the arts, it’s all showey blowey phoney, non creative style over substance…. Whatever sells gets pushed, to sell… always room for entertainment even showbiz but there is more fluff then fabric, more style than substance, more fly by nighters than music or art that you’d take to your heart…. Fame is where it’s at, you can’t be famous if you challenge people, risk, or require thought …packaging is as important as the content.

why I don’t know but….weird times.. no I do know €€€€$$$$££££

johndaman66

What's showbiz?

Mysterypunter

No it hasn’t, but the English rags have gained a foothold in this country and are constantly promoting nobody’s as role models and celebrities, people really should stop looking up to Botox filled lookalikes that struggle to write their own name, and that’s just the men, I don’t give a **** what the kardashians are at but I know they are rich people who endlessly self promote, even though they have **** all to promote, it’s the lowest common denominator, and lots of Irish people fall into the watching X factor with a bucket of chicken lifestyle, while there are lots of alternatives which would be more beneficial, get an education and go your own route in life, you will get a job and a few quid if you want but if you are searching for happiness and enjoyment that’s the route to take, and make the best of it, there are so many people who yearn for a lifestyle similar to certain celebrities which is completely unrealistic and unfulfilling, and lots of people blame others for their own failings, life is played out too publicly now, everyone wants people to know about them, but there are so many people who have nothing going for them and constantly seek attention, that’s why the TV has an off button.

mary 2021

Ukranian president whom everyone is raving about was a soapstar/ actor, celebrity infiltrates everything they have an opinion on how we should live our lives but not as they do as they say !!

72sheep

No. It's just that Western democracy is so diminished that it needs to be presented to us by performers. 

The internet, especially wikipedia, changed everything as it meant that anyone could actually follow the money with reasonable accuracy/traceability. This scared the living daylights out of certain cohorts and so now we have newspapers "helping" us understand how to think and celebrities acting as public servants. By the nature of their profession, performers are insecure and so supremely susceptible to being told what to do and say. (The latest of which is the Ukrainian president, who is clearly getting high on the role and is possibly straying beyond his remit.)  

Don't worry though, I'm sure that lovely Stephen Pinker will be along shortly with another book to help us understand how everything is getting better ;-)

Larbre34

Show business is a mere shadow of what it once was.

The culture of celebrity, of glorifying useless vacuous eejits, who really don't participate in "show business" at all, is an entirely separate phenomenon.

Samuel323

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118803328#Comment_118803328

Yeah that was true.

Montage of Feck