July
31
Britney, Paris and Barack
{Posted by David S. Cohen}
With all the furor over the McCain ad that dissolves from Britney Spears to Paris Hilton to Barack Obama, calling the latter a celebrity, let me add one small voice in defense of Ms. Spears.
The meme here seems to be that they are all celebrities, that is to say, people who are famous for being well-known. Plenty of people are defending Obama against that charge, but not Spears.
Now I don't know the woman and I'm not a fan, but not so long ago Britney Spears was mainly known as a star performer, something that requires some actual skill and hard work. More recently, even after she became a tabloid train wreck, her last album got some pretty good reviews. She got famous by becoming a star; she didn't become a star because she was famous. So, without going out of my way to be snarky about Paris Hilton, she's not Paris Hilton.
So... ummm... leave Britney Spears alone?



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LOL! Nice...
Posted by: XiMan | August 01, 2008 at 12:28 PM