Thursday, February 14, 2019

Fame

Fame: the hijacking of reality / Justine Bateman, 204 pgs.

Bateman talks philosophically about fame and its function.  She talks about her own experiences with fame, the good, the bad, the outright ugly.  What is it like for a young girl to be famous?  A young adult?  An adult?  What do you learn from it?  How do you live your life?  Beyond the philosophical are real stories from her life as a famous person and a person whose fame has waned.  I particularly liked the one about her posing on the red carpet and instead of being too short with her time, being asked to move because someone more famous was coming behind her.  After once being the hottest thing, what does that change in attitude do to you?  Have YOU changed at all?  Or is it really just everyone else. Insightful and a little crazy.

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