Comments on: My Meandering Mind http://www.spellwight.com/2009/06/my-meandering-mind/ so don't ask if you don't want to know Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:17:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: crysohara http://www.spellwight.com/2009/06/my-meandering-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-202 crysohara Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:00:18 +0000 http://www.spellwight.com/?p=261#comment-202 Have a great time on your trip. I too am tired of the overkill when a celebrity dies. They were no more of a person than you or I. They just had different talents and were paid better. Have a great time on your trip.

I too am tired of the overkill when a celebrity dies. They were no more of a person than you or I. They just had different talents and were paid better.

]]> By: Dani in NC http://www.spellwight.com/2009/06/my-meandering-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Dani in NC Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:29:53 +0000 http://www.spellwight.com/?p=261#comment-200 I don't think Americans are alone in the fanatic business. Remember how crazy everyone in England went when Princess Diana died? I do think that the media whips people into a frenzy by making every tidbit of a celebrity's life seem important, but I don't try to justify the connection that fans feel. I cried buckets when Jim Henson died, and he wasn't even what you would call a celebrity. I felt a connection to his work, though, and his death saddened me. Also, a lot of people are able to separate the art from the artist; I guess that is what people did in the case of MJ. I was never a fan of his music, so that is the main reason why all the retrospectives are annoying me. I don’t think Americans are alone in the fanatic business. Remember how crazy everyone in England went when Princess Diana died? I do think that the media whips people into a frenzy by making every tidbit of a celebrity’s life seem important, but I don’t try to justify the connection that fans feel. I cried buckets when Jim Henson died, and he wasn’t even what you would call a celebrity. I felt a connection to his work, though, and his death saddened me.

Also, a lot of people are able to separate the art from the artist; I guess that is what people did in the case of MJ. I was never a fan of his music, so that is the main reason why all the retrospectives are annoying me.

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