Chapter 25 how to become less famous
Celebrities become celebrities because of the "celebrity worship" by the masses, but whether this process is reversible, that is to say, whether celebrities can turn back to unknown people because of the "celebrity not worship" by the masses, except for a very few lonely people in the entertainment industry. In addition to evidence, sociology and communication have not yet formed a relevant theory-this question is not a question I am full of, the questioner is Yao Ming, a great celebrity today.
Fame is not only tiring, but it seems to be killing Yao Ming—the recently published "Yao Ming's Adventures in America"
The book, written with blood and tears, was deeply infected by that kind of resentment, and it was so painful to read.In fact, this book was published by Juvenile and Children's Publishing House. It stands to reason that the target readers are children and should be classified as "inspirational" books.However, at least in the eyes of someone with six defilements like me, the actual effect is basically "depressed", and it is not even as good as the A novel or A play in the Ming Dynasty, which is emotional and sensible. "Who can tell me how to become less famous?" It is the question of "asking the sky without words" raised by Yao Ming in the preface of this book.
God, what kind of problem is this?I don't know if there is anyone in this world who can answer Yao Ming's question. The only thing that is certain is if Yao Ming's question is "Can anyone tell me how to become so famous or more famous than that?" I believe , apart from "Team Yao", there must be more people in this world who can answer this question, and who can actively answer it in various languages, than the NBA's audience around the world. .From this point of view, being famous seems to be a kind of poison, and this poison does not seem to have any antidote.
It is difficult to be a person, and it is even more difficult to be a celebrity, and it is even more difficult to not want to be a celebrity after becoming a celebrity.With the attitude of going all out, I tried my best to come up with the following methods for Yao Ming that may have reference value: First, try to think about the suffering of NBA veteran celebrities? For example, they are at least more popular than myself 10 times Michael Jordan, in one of the latter's autobiography, despite things like "I have to wait until after closing to go to the department store", "I didn't even dare to go to the barbershop, so I had to cut myself" and "Walk on the road at any time. Yao Ming has already "enjoyed" treatment such as being surrounded by crowds, but he probably has never encountered such a scene as "a woman lying on the ground begging Jordan to drive over her body".Yao Ming didn't dare to write angrily like Jordan: "Honestly speaking, I was almost bored to death several times, and wanted to yell at the fans: Fuck, get out!"
Of course, unfortunately, there are also women.Kobe Bryant, who has always been regarded as a teenage idol, has suffered a lot this summer. Let’s not talk about it. According to Magic Johnson: “When you play in the NBA, no matter which city you are in, there will always be women waiting on the road. You, their purpose is to 'collect' stars, and the more stars they have sex with, the more sense of accomplishment they will have." Johnson himself is the biggest "victim" of these women, not only in every city there are women waiting on the road I kept 'collecting' him, and liked to have sex with him, and finally got AIDS.Of course, if Johnson said that he was miserable, Wilt Chamberlain, who claimed to have slept with 20,000 women, laughed, but it was in heaven.In comparison, Shwan Kemp is considered happy, as long as he is always on guard against those black-skinned children who suddenly rush in front of him and call him daddy wherever he goes in the United States.An NBA agent once revealed that it is conservatively estimated that every NBA player has an illegitimate child on average.
A Yao fan said on the Internet: "Except for his salary, I really feel sorry for him." If you stand in the perspective of Yao Ming like me, you will find that in addition to admirers, this kind of thinking is very important for being admired. It is also a way of self-help.Come from the masses, go to the masses, the masses are the real heroes, the masses are the real celebrities, celebrities should try their best to worship the masses, if they can't worship them for a while, they should at least try to sympathize with the masses - except for their Freedom of private life.The masses, especially those who "harmed" celebrities are worthy of sympathy.
The latest issue of "New Scientist" published the results of a study by American psychologists: About one-third of Americans suffer from "celebrity worship syndrome"-that is to say, just like the TV advertisements in our country always warn As mentioned above, calcium deficiency, dandruff, hyperhidrosis, fullness (remove three points of water and add the side of the word worm) and "celebrity worship" are actually a kind of disease.The survey found that mild "celebrity worship" patients accounted for about 20%. They use "pastime" as a reason to keep a close eye on celebrities' every move in front of the media. Most of these people are lively, adventurous, and Positive? Likes to socialize.Moderate patients all tend to believe that their relationship with their idols is "extraordinary". These people are very neurotic, emotional? and eccentric.As for the seriously ill, the performance? Habitually spying on idols' every move, or? Attracting the attention of celebrities and self-mutilation or hurting others, has entered a pathological "critical state".In the process of chasing idols, these patients will gradually increase in tension, depression, and social dysfunction. In mild cases, they will harm themselves, and in severe cases, they will have antisocial tendencies.What is more worthy of sympathy is that once the "celebrity cult" suffers, it will be as difficult as a celebrity to "become less "famous".
If comparing yourself with the Americans is not enough to empathize with, then think again about your compatriot Wang Zhizhi.Thinking about Da Zhi who has been relatively free all summer, does Yao Ming think that it is better to be a little tired, or more famous... Or, let's not change back, shall we?