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Tuesday, January 4, 2011
America's Got Talent...Or Does It?
Time after time, celebrities are morphing into pop stars. On New Years Eve, Kim Kardashian debuted her new single telling fans "she didn't even mean to do this" at TAO at the Venetian in Las Vegas. Kardashian says, "Our entire family made a resolution to each other to get out of our comfort zone and push the envelope and be open to all challenges..."
This morphing epidemic seems to be a recurring theme among many celebrities from Heidi Montag of The Hills to Leighton Meester of Gossip Girl. What starts out as an acting career soon becomes an acting/singing/exploring all of their "talents" (or lack thereof) career. The problem with this exploration is that few of these celebrities are actually talented.
Talent crossovers are not only found from acting to singing but also in the opposite direction. Taylor Swift and Tim McGraw are perfect examples. They both began in the music industry and now both have appeared in movies.
If celebrities are simply being handed these opportunities, where does that leave the real artists of the world? How can these hidden gems be discovered if the world is polluted by the "rising" career of Kim Kardashian or distracted by how many albums Miley Cyrus can complete as Hannah Montana? Is the rat race of the pop culture industry merely becoming a race of survival of the richest?
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I agree that talent crossovers should be discouraged in the pop industry. In my hometown, S. Korea, the majority of celebrities are talent crossovers who are seen singing, acting, and practically doing everything at the same time. For example, the movie "Ninja Assassin" stars Rain, who started out as a dancer, then a singer, and then an actor! WTF?!? He's not a great singer nor is he a phenomenal actor. Artists should mainly specialize in what they were first called to do.
ReplyDeleteI really agree with this sentiment. One of the more terrible crossovers is Taylor Momsen from Gossip Girl. That girl,lord help her. She offended the entire country of Scotland by calling it England recently.
ReplyDeleteA good argument, Megan but watch the passive voice. I found 8 instances in just 4 short paragraphs.
ReplyDelete- are morphing
- seems to be
- is that few
- are not only
- are perfect examples
- are simply
- be discovered
- is the rat race
What other ways could you have structured these sentences to use more dynamic verbs? Think about it and come and see me if you need help.
BTW, I loved Ninja Assassin because it was like a bad 1980's action movie with an evil sensei, a super deadly ninja clan of foot soldiers dying left and right. Total schlock, but a great date movie (if you like blood-splattered pap).
Although I agree with the idea that most of these celebrities turned "artists" are horrible, what about those who decide to try other kinds of art and find that they aren't bad at it? A few examples are:
ReplyDelete- Jeff Bridges who recorded a phenomenal album for the movie "Crazy Heart"
- Eminem who was actually really good in the movie "8 Mile"
- Hugh Laurie wrote a book called "The Gun Seller"
- Casey Affleck has directed a number of award winning movies including "Gone Baby, Gone"
On another note, in Norway they embrace the massive amounts of bad art that is produced within their society because they believe that it will have the same affect upon the good art that manure has upon plants. So maybe having more shit really isn't that bad?