ok, sit down ... new theory brewing ... This episode of "The Resident" reminded me of this idea i've been having
Earning the American Dream"
my new hypothesis is to view america's obsession w/ fame as just like a desire for community ... media now operates on an (inter)national level much more so than before... didnt people's attention used to be more locally focussed? wasn't it the case in the golden-olden days that media had more emphasis on the local? and international was kind of secondary? ... so you would see the goings on of you or your friends or relatives or neighbors or neighborhood in the paper or whatever other chanels were popular then. so maybe the desire to be famous these days is just the desire to be on tv or in the news, ie to be acknowledged, validated ... ie to see that your friends know about your existence ... maybe not your friends per se, buut, your community ... where "community" is defined as all the people you communicate with by viewing the same channels. by becoming so globally focussed we kind of put our own immediate existence in a less prominent position ... and then end up looking for validation by trying to participate in that new arena
also think about all those "famous to 15 people" quotes ...
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