My Sympathies for Meritorious Celebrities

Celebrity doesn’t have to be a diasimocratic tyranny

All the world’s indeed a stage, and we are merely players, performers, and portrayers (Photo source: Piqsels)

My previous article was the first part of a conversation about our society being ruled by the media, which has created a particular style of celebrity culture. I created the neologism of diasimocracy to describe the Kardashiation of society. Yeah, there’s another neologism for you. We are all quite familiar with the negative side of celebrity and how it dumbs down society.

Since long before I was inspired to write about our media diasimocracy, I’ve been thinking about the strangeness of being a celebrity — a legitimate one, not a social media “influencer” type. I once read an article that described the false familiarity we have with celebrities. Because we see and hear so much about famous actors, entertainers, politicians, and business figures, we assume we know them, how they are, and how they would be with us if we met them. We know simulacra of those people, not the people themselves.

We can imagine what it would be like to be with one of our favorite famous persons. For example, I think it would be good crack to act alongside David Tennant.