What has celebrity obsession come to?
Here’s a critic writing about MTV’s “I Want a Famous Face” — a show that is, in a word, appalling: “Fans who are having plastic surgery in order to resemble Kate Winslet, Pam Anderson, or J.Lo are right up there with Madonna stalkers in the realm of having big, unresolved issues. They have distorted and fragile self-images, perhaps from having studied one too many glossy magazine photo spreads. They want celebrity skin, almost literally.” ::::The press release is the gun, and the Axl is the Rose. And the Oscar for jailhouse emotions goes to… Singer and deadbeat dad Bobby Brown, displaying both depth and poise in his ever-growing collection of mugshots! As NewYorkish (who created the above graphic) so very astutely observes, Bobby is a natural in front of the prison camera. Someone call Mr. Deville, because this man is ready for his close-up. How does he display such emotional truth? He must be such a dedicated method actor that he just can’t seperate Jail Bobby from Citizen Bobby. O
