And of course it's really easy to get to play for Manchester United, England and whichever top European club it is he plays for at the moment. It doesn't take any hard work at all. It's not like they have to train for hours, keep in peak physical fitness and be a good team player, is it? I mean compared to being a former editor of the Daily Mirror, it's a piece of cake.
To be serious for a moment, I think there's a class element here too. All these "useless" celebrities are either working class themselves or are liked by working class people. They're products of working class TV/tabloid culture, not high culture.
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Date: 2005-09-12 04:40 am (UTC)And of course it's really easy to get to play for Manchester United, England and whichever top European club it is he plays for at the moment. It doesn't take any hard work at all. It's not like they have to train for hours, keep in peak physical fitness and be a good team player, is it? I mean compared to being a former editor of the Daily Mirror, it's a piece of cake.
To be serious for a moment, I think there's a class element here too. All these "useless" celebrities are either working class themselves or are liked by working class people. They're products of working class TV/tabloid culture, not high culture.