realmenhatelife
05-30-2011, 07:12 PM
Meta, I know.
Has anyone else noticed that anytime you get two famous people in a room and bring up twitter they start bitching about how they now have to deal with internet criticism? Do you suppose sport complaining predates the internet? Is it fair for celebrities to have the same reactions as anyone else (getting pissed) or should they play by different rules because they are so dramatically compensated for their station? Are you one of these people who twitters obnoxious shit at famous people?
It's certainly a rampant 202 topic, I've heard it on both regular shows, smodcast and just this weekend on Joe Rogan. I've never tried to voice my displeasure or demonstrate snark to a famous person. The closest I've ever gotten was once I ordered a Steve Corino key chain, and it took forever to come even though it shipped from 10 minutes away from my house, and it was a normal plastic key fob that said "Steve Corino" on it in gold letters that rubbed off. I emailed them and they didn't get my sarcasm, because in a way it was perfect for him, but I dont think it was intentional.
Anyway, I think once you attain a certain level you lose the right to confront 'regular' people as peers. Celebrities live their lives as performance in a way (blame the media, not fucking twitter, which you choose to use for free promotion anyway therefore making it part of your public, critisizable persona) and any performance is open to baseless and ignorant criticism. Addressing critics should be beneath the artist, and it always looks completely undignified. At the end of the day you are fighting with a guy who is most likely a little resentful and you can't look superior crowing about how inferior someone else is. We're not in grade school anymore, if you dont answer an argument it doesn't automatically mean you've lost it.
That is to say I am disturbed by the totally misdirected idea that judgment is A: helpful B: welcome and C: deserving of an audience. Everything I see involving the media just seems to be about judgment, every youtube video and every story is put out there so people can be watched judging other people. It's stupid but more forgivable in its' benign nature when normal people do it, but there is now an entertainment culture of judgment where we're supposed to admire the skillful and creative way in which people are judged.
Has anyone else noticed that anytime you get two famous people in a room and bring up twitter they start bitching about how they now have to deal with internet criticism? Do you suppose sport complaining predates the internet? Is it fair for celebrities to have the same reactions as anyone else (getting pissed) or should they play by different rules because they are so dramatically compensated for their station? Are you one of these people who twitters obnoxious shit at famous people?
It's certainly a rampant 202 topic, I've heard it on both regular shows, smodcast and just this weekend on Joe Rogan. I've never tried to voice my displeasure or demonstrate snark to a famous person. The closest I've ever gotten was once I ordered a Steve Corino key chain, and it took forever to come even though it shipped from 10 minutes away from my house, and it was a normal plastic key fob that said "Steve Corino" on it in gold letters that rubbed off. I emailed them and they didn't get my sarcasm, because in a way it was perfect for him, but I dont think it was intentional.
Anyway, I think once you attain a certain level you lose the right to confront 'regular' people as peers. Celebrities live their lives as performance in a way (blame the media, not fucking twitter, which you choose to use for free promotion anyway therefore making it part of your public, critisizable persona) and any performance is open to baseless and ignorant criticism. Addressing critics should be beneath the artist, and it always looks completely undignified. At the end of the day you are fighting with a guy who is most likely a little resentful and you can't look superior crowing about how inferior someone else is. We're not in grade school anymore, if you dont answer an argument it doesn't automatically mean you've lost it.
That is to say I am disturbed by the totally misdirected idea that judgment is A: helpful B: welcome and C: deserving of an audience. Everything I see involving the media just seems to be about judgment, every youtube video and every story is put out there so people can be watched judging other people. It's stupid but more forgivable in its' benign nature when normal people do it, but there is now an entertainment culture of judgment where we're supposed to admire the skillful and creative way in which people are judged.