I loved this video! Great discussion of The Player's Tragedy as representing early celebrity culture and the desires of fans to interact with their celebrity obsessions. So very relevant to today.
Thank you. I immediately thought of the Dionne quintuplets and how people felt they were owed access to them. We need to improve, and your videos always help me think more critically.
“I don’t care that abuse and harassment, stalking, whatever, is a normal thing to do to people who are famous or a little famous. I don’t care that it’s normal; I don’t care that this crazy type of behavior comes along with the job, this career field that I’ve chosen. That does not make it okay. That does not make it normal.”
I loved this video! Great discussion of The Player's Tragedy as representing early celebrity culture and the desires of fans to interact with their celebrity obsessions. So very relevant to today.
Thank you. I immediately thought of the Dionne quintuplets and how people felt they were owed access to them. We need to improve, and your videos always help me think more critically.
“I don’t care that abuse and harassment, stalking, whatever, is a normal thing to do to people who are famous or a little famous. I don’t care that it’s normal; I don’t care that this crazy type of behavior comes along with the job, this career field that I’ve chosen. That does not make it okay. That does not make it normal.”