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interesting take…we are living in a time where the spectacle has eclipsed the news…and i, for one, would not want to be in the public eye
fwiw – my problem with brady is that he is not only a gifted athlete, but a poor sport – and that does have something to do with football…i have no idea about his private life
Who’s Tom Brady?
That’s exactly my problem with Ye Olde Mannings… I couldn’t tell you about their private lives, though.
I’m not sure I see Brady as a poor sport when he gets the comments he does from his peers, though.
If you’re in the minority, count me in there with you.
In particular, thank you for “OH YEAH I WASN’T THERE AND NEITHER WERE YOU.” A while back someone I know — someone not prone to celebrity gossip — made a crack about what Brady’s and Moynihan’s families “must” think about their situation. I couldn’t believe how strongly I reacted, just from the standpoint of “How the hell would we know that?” Maybe he’s a jerk, maybe she’s a jerk, maybe they’re both awesome people in private, but with tragic failures to communicate … but who knows? Not us!
Oh Meg, despite the fact that I was cheering for the underdogs, as I watched Tom and the Pats walk off the field, I kept thinking that it surely was a crappy way to end an otherwise perfect season.
I don’t understnad all of the fanaticism, either. Private lives, smivate lives, who cares or why should they.
As far as the game goes, I was rooting for the Giants. I was not happy that they beat my Packers 2 weeks ago, but, heck, they out played us, plain and simple. It’s what they did yesterday to the Pats. Good on ‘em! Congratulations Giants!
Perfection is boring. Don’t make me say it again.
:) That’s a carryover comment. BTW.
I think “Supermodel dater” is my new favorite insult.
Miquelina, I remember in his first book, “Life and Def”, Russell Simmons talked about his obsession with being a supermodel dater and called himself a “modelizer”. Craziest thing I have ever read.
Meg, I can relate to what you are saying about how the media happily preys on our desire to be all up in the celebrity kool-aid (without even knowing the flavor). I suspect that most people feel a strong desire to live vicariously through others. It breeds obsession (and on the other side, haterade).
Why is any of it ever news? It’s not. What it is, however, is most peoples way of experiencing whether or not the grass is greener on the other side. Not the best mode or method, but, it makes sense why mass-miserablism is so successful.
You are right that there are so many other things we (and the media) could focus on — but it takes a conscious choice to do so. Glad to see you taking some steps towards that!
Tom Brady is the new black. Or was, two days ago.
This reminds me of something from a Sociology class. We were discussing the high rates of mental illness among the homeless, and whether the mentally ill were just more likely to be homeless, or if homelessness itself was the cause of mental illness. Like the whole train wreck that is Britney Spears’ life… Everybody has problems, but how much worse it must be to endure them under the fishbowl of public scrutiny. She might never have been completely stable to begin with, but all the public attention surely makes it much, much worse. When we buy into the media circus, we all share a responsibility for the things that occur because of it. Just my 0.02 cents.