Why are you humans mesmerized by the lurid compelling pictures,
the practical, pretend, and photoshopped other-worldliness of the demi-humans in the pantheon of celebrity?
What purpose is served by these larger, more
perfect, and more colorful avatars that cycle above your pedestrian peasant lives?
Is celebrity-worship a sign
of the downfall of western civilization, or, more of the
same augmented by new, pervasive, and not entirely understood cognitive distributive media?
Do celebrities serve the same purpose in fin d'siecle western culture as the pantheon of gods did in Greek and
Roman culture and the saints did in Roman Catholic culture?
