[quote=Lily;942204]I understand this point, but it's also quite insulting. We used to recognize thinkers, builders, workers, people who actually did things. There was a world before celebrity culture. And it's sad that it takes a celebrity to draw publicity to a cause....but that's no excuse for exalting vapid, overpaid celebrities. This celebrity culture has gone way too far. It's ridiculous.
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There are awards for non-celebrities. We just don't hear about them. As for celebrity culture, we're all part of it by being on this site.
With Darfur, no one really paid attention to the genocide there until Clooney began banging the drum. Sad, but true. Because of him, HBO heavily promoted its webcast a documentary on Darfur last weekend. A documentary Clooney produced and narrated. If I had produced that documentary, think anyone would have given a damn?
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