While on a tweeting spree, a few days back I came across this post which caught my attention:
@CelebrityUnderCover: Being a celebrity ain't fun no more without wading through the heaps of fan mail piling at the doorstep. : (
(All names have been changed to protect their celebritydom!)
Do you remember your favorite boy band from the 90s? ( I know you had one!) Due to a combination of inter-stellar forces (and some good programming by MTV) we would be ecstatic if our favorite songs were played! Celebrity interviews ( especially the Boy Band kind) were a rare visual treat!We would idolize them and their pictures were splattered across our walls. Original CDs and movies were our gateway to engage with them. Not to forget, the fan mail written painstakingly on fancy paper!
But do celebrities still retain that touch of star dust? Has social media stripped them of their perceived "perfectness" and made them too accessible and too real for their own good?
The twitter universe is abuzz with celebrities tweeting about everything right from the latest misadventures of their pets to what they had for lunch, making them sound..er..surprisingly like the guys-next-door.
Social media has definitely given celebrities the key to share their musings with their followers and detesters alike, but does that take away from their allure of being "out of reach"? Sure they post about attending the Oscars and wearing sheer Victoria Beckham gowns, while ordinary mortals like us are content attending the barbecue dinner in the neighborhood wearing faded jeans.By giving us a constant peek into their lives and letting us realize that how "normal" (@justinbieber tweeting about his workout sessions and @serenawilliams about her breakfast preferences)they can be, they're permitting to let some of the mystique surrounding celebrity fade away.
@CelebrityUnderCover: Being a celebrity ain't fun no more without wading through the heaps of fan mail piling at the doorstep. : (
(All names have been changed to protect their celebritydom!)
Do you remember your favorite boy band from the 90s? ( I know you had one!) Due to a combination of inter-stellar forces (and some good programming by MTV) we would be ecstatic if our favorite songs were played! Celebrity interviews ( especially the Boy Band kind) were a rare visual treat!We would idolize them and their pictures were splattered across our walls. Original CDs and movies were our gateway to engage with them. Not to forget, the fan mail written painstakingly on fancy paper!
But do celebrities still retain that touch of star dust? Has social media stripped them of their perceived "perfectness" and made them too accessible and too real for their own good?
The twitter universe is abuzz with celebrities tweeting about everything right from the latest misadventures of their pets to what they had for lunch, making them sound..er..surprisingly like the guys-next-door.
Social media has definitely given celebrities the key to share their musings with their followers and detesters alike, but does that take away from their allure of being "out of reach"? Sure they post about attending the Oscars and wearing sheer Victoria Beckham gowns, while ordinary mortals like us are content attending the barbecue dinner in the neighborhood wearing faded jeans.By giving us a constant peek into their lives and letting us realize that how "normal" (@justinbieber tweeting about his workout sessions and @serenawilliams about her breakfast preferences)they can be, they're permitting to let some of the mystique surrounding celebrity fade away.
I remember my Granny being charmed by Jacqueline Kennedy as the First Lady and had even written to her. Wonder of wonders, a White House correspondent had ACTUALLY responded with a courteous letter signed by Mrs. Kennedy. Cut to present. Do you think Mrs. Obama retweet would have the same enduring value?
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