Why do I bother with celebrities?

No, I don’t much blog about celebrities, but every once in a while, I will. Why? They’re a mirror of our culture: not only who fascinates us (me), but why, and doing what, and where.

Why should I care anything about Tom Cruise? Especially since I’ve always thought Gary Cooper was a better actor and much more handsome.

Perhaps, we’ve unknowingly cast them as actors in a great meta-drama of Real Life™ where the lives of the actors are more interesting than our own, and they therefore live for us.

And it’s also fun to watch Tom Cruise implode.