First, sorry for not coming through on my promise for a multipost week last week. That one is on me, and hopefully I can get you guys back on my side with a serious blog about the Charlie Sheen situation.
You see, my friend Andrew and I were having a discussion about one Mr. Sheen and we got to talking about his current predicament when I said that I felt sorry for the man. Andrew scoffed and told me that I had nothing to feel sorry about, that he had done it all to himself.
So why did I, a voyeur into the world of celebrity, feel sorry for Sheen? Is it based in the fact that many of us believe that celebrities are the most perfect representation of the self, reflected the what have been of the individual's full potential? Is it the fact that human beings always want to see someone fall, with the hope that they will pull through on the other end? Is it a natural thing that when we see someone in trouble we want to help them?
I'm not sure what I feel sorry for Mr. Sheen, but I do. You don't have to though, to each person their own.
But here's a post I found interesting from "Sprouting Daisies" about celebrity in this country and I think it works well as a companion piece. Check it out right here
Make sure you stop by later this week, maybe this weekend as I get back on the humor trail of things!
Haha blaessh, I can't believe you posted about Charlie Sheen. Personally I think his situation has got him way too much publicity all for the wrong reasons. I think it's silly that we call this 'serious news', his situation needs to stop being talked about and we should focus on someone who is trying to make a change in the world like Cyndi Lauper. She started a charity organization dedicated to making sure there is equality for everyone called True Colors with focus on the LGBT community. There's a woman worth blogging about!
ReplyDeleteI have heard bits and pieces of the Charlie Sheen situation and I don't necessarily feel sorry for him. The man has a lot of problems in his life, which kind of sucks, and I guess it is a shame that it gets broadcast to millions of people through news shows and web sites. The thing about Charlie Sheen is just that he doesn't seem to care. He does what he wants, when he wants and says to hell with everyone else. If that is how he chooses to live his life, then hey, more power to him.
ReplyDeleteI think we as a society are just too wrapped up in the lives of famous celebrities. Maybe it's because we think by doing all these intimate details we feel even closer to them or even like the blog post you linked to said, we want to think of them as regular people. Well, thats because they are. Unfortunately, their lives are broadcast to everyone even though we don't necessarily need to know everything about them and it is kind of a shame. But that is the price of being a celebrity these days.
Excellent post!
I have to admit, I'm someone who's constantly out of the loop on all the celebrity gossip. I've seen the constant posts on Facebook about "blah blah blah Charlie Sheen" and whatnot, yet have had no desire to even find out what's going on. To be honest...I still think I don't want to know. Let the celebrities have their drama, whatever it is that's going on. Unless they're starring in something new, or producing something awesome, I don't wanna hear about their personal lives, it's none of my business really. If a person's fame starts to come down to stuff like that, it really makes you question why they're famous in the first place.
ReplyDeleteMy comment might count a little more if I had posted it on time. Sorry :/
ReplyDeleteAs far as Sheen goes...I usually have the tendency to feel the sympathy card when I hear bad things about celebrities as well, but I think I attribute it more to the assumption that their lives are superficial piles of crap with a bunch of impostors posing as "friends." But there is an assumed limit to the amount of times celebrities are allowed to ostracize themselves from society before you stop feeling sorry for them, and start thinking they're just garbage. Charlie Sheen has used up his socially allowed number of screw-ups.