Entertainment Industries Values and Condemnation

Today's post is about something I've noticed over the years about the entertainment industry's "important or serious" issues in which they think we want to hear their opinions.

Okay, I get it; some people do care about that stuff.  Some people want to emulate the people in the entertainment industry (we'll just say Hollywood or stars).  Some people think being famous due to  being someone in Hollywood makes them "in-the-know" or more intelligent rather than realizing that they do not walk in the same world the rest of us do and have no idea about the real life of the rest of us.  Here's an example:

I'm clicking through the home page on my computer and see something about the "shocking" changes in celebrities as a result of drug use or plastic surgery.  Then another inviting a look at how much someone has changed since they starred in this show or that and the "shocking" changes.  As I'm clicking through because, yes, I get sucked into this crap sometimes, too, I'm looking at photos of stars that are taken when they were teens or in their early twenty's and then at 60+ or so.  Hmmm, yeah, they aren't looking as good as they did at twenty because.......well, life.  So we are supposed to look at those photos and say things like, "Oh my gosh, he has aged so badly!"  Or, "WHAT did she DO to herself?"  Okay, give it a few years and have a look in the mirror, millennials.  I mean, come on!  My husband and I have been married for over 22 years.  Our daughter will be 20 right after Thanksgiving.  We had some professional photos taken when she was around one month old and we look at the photo I keep out and think how great we looked.  Why?  Because 20+ years later, we have wrinkles, saggy skin in some key places, a receding hairline for by husband and we are getting gray hair.  Do we look horrible?  No.  Especially for two people in their mid to late 50's.  I come from a long line of great anti-aging genes, although the health genetics suck, and I look really good for my age.  I routinely am guessed to be at least 10 years, if not 15 years younger than I am.  But, yeah, if scrutinized for how I looked 22 years ago and how I look now, there is a noticeable difference. It almost makes me feel sorry for the stars who are under all this scrutiny.  And the important stuff - they are great parents, they have amazing talent in their field, they do great charity work - are left below all the dirt to have others focus on their shocking appearance.

But then come the celebrities who threaten to leave the country when a political situation occurs that they don't like.  Of course, they never do.  They never would.  But they pull some of the uninformed population into their world of non-reality when they speak about things they don't even investigate or understand in the least. This can also be said about the average Joe, but I digress.

There are also the ones who think the whole world cares about their opinions on world affairs, finances, etc.  An average person who pays attention to the world would not give most stars a second thought with their opinions about the world they don't really live in.  Somebody else does their laundry, cleans their house, handles their finances, arranges their travel, grocery shops for them.  The list goes on.  What on earth qualifies them to make decisions for you and me?  Nothing.  Absolutely nothing.

So I say, I don't want to ever fall into the Hollywood what-about-this from people who have no idea what my average life is like, what I endure, what I need, whom I love, and where I put my trust.

It's more about the heart than anything else.  It always has been.  We've just pushed that aside.  It's all about kindness, tolerance, understanding - the last two applying not only to those we feel do not accept certain ideas or lifestyles but who push those on people who have not been able to come to terms with an understanding or acceptance that we are not all alike and that's okay.  It's between God and each individual and not for us to judge.  Live and let Live.  Love and let Love.  Be Kind and Share it. That's what we need in this world we live in.

Various Subjects, Posting Weekly

I've finally decided what I would do on this blog.  I'll post "whatever" is on my mind that I want to talk out on a weekly basis.  So, the next post is this week's thoughts.

Sometimes, Your Purpose Changes

This blog started out as a political blog.  But I honestly don't have it in me anymore.  Not sure what I will do next with it, but we'll see.  I've set my other blog, My Space Between My Ears, to private as it was more of a journal about my life and family than having any other purpose. It was just keeping me sane in an ever-changing world. I wrote more in it, but it's private now.