As things stand nowadays, pretty much anyone and everyone can be a star. We all know this. The bar for talent has been considerably lowered. All it takes to become famous is an entertaining internet video. The majority of the people no longer need a glamorous idol who will be remembered for decades; all they need now is a few minutes of quotable absurdity. Andy Warhol's prophesied 15 minutes of fame is more applicable than ever, with our attentions spans no longer surpassing that of a goldfish.
We steadily retreat further and further from reality, allowing it to become fully subjective, until reality is only what we see on our computer screen, whether it be funny videos of cats or images of purported irony.
I wonder what comes next.
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Heh. I was thinking about this sort of thing the other day when I was watching some classic films on TV. There were a select groups of golden era stars back then that now are printed on t-shirts, posters, coffee mugs, etc (example: James Dean or Marilyn Monroe). Even though we have more "stars" now whether from film or youtube, it seems they don't have the staying power of yore.
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