11.25.2007
No bad PR
I have always heard that there is no such thing as bad publicity. This is true because anything a celebrity does, good or bad, is going to get noticed for what he or she does. It all depends on how the PR person spins the story. But then again, there are some celebrities, like Tom Hanks for example, that you don't see on the cover of every celebrity gossip magazine. I have been thinking why this is. He is just as famous as Paris or Brittney, but rumors are never spread about him. I don't think he needs that type of PR because he is famous for his talent and skills as an actor. His work has made him a celebrity, not to mention that he has a stable family life. People don't want to read about people who are happy. We want to know who is in trouble and how far they are going to fall. It sounds terrible, but it's true, we always love to see people fall from their high horse. But I think that Paris and Brittney end up in the gossip circle because they need to have people read about their so called "perfect life" (when in fact it is not!) just so they know that they still exist. They are not really famous for being talented, people love them because of how glamorous or screwed up their lives seem. It is the only way they can survive in the PR world. Besides, the "socialites" do so many things they end up apologizing for they have to have some kind of PR, good or bad, and it's usually bad...but it works!
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I completely agree. At the end of the day, people care more about how people are messing up then succeeding. In some respects, it is almost as if people want to know others' lives are more screwed up than their own. As crazy as all of this sounds, "normal" people do this everyday. When we make magazines and television shows about the wealthy and famous mistakes, is when this common human tendency becomes ugly. A wise woman once told me, "There will always be someone worse off than you. There will always be someone better than you. Get used to it, and get over it."
I agree. Nobody wants to buy a magazine and read an article about how great someone's life is going. They want to know why Britney's acting crazy or why Paris was arrested, just like in real life when people want to know the gossip about their friends. Even though it is bad PR, their names are still out there and that is what they are famous for; their names.
I agree. People get their name and what is stands for in differentway. People like Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts got their names for their talents, not by what club they were just at. True stars will remain good and last longer than the stars who built their career from the tabloids. But it is true that any PR is good PR, if your name is out there then people know aboutyou.
I definitely agree with this point that theres no such thing as bad publicity. No matter what it is, everyone's still going to want to read about it and everyone is still going to talk about it. So however a celebrity can get their name out there they might as well do it. And us Americans get so caught up in the lives of celebrities I'm not quite sure what we would do if everything was well and perfect in the land of Hollywood anyways.
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