In my I-wish-it-wouldn’t-be-continuing series of “learning shit from the covers of magazines at the supermarket”, I was introduced to a (?) Kardashian today, which seems to be a race of bitchy-looking girls with names beginning with “K” (?) with 3cm-deep caked-on makeup (?).
Actually, Wikipedia eliminated a couple of those question marks (the first question mark being “Should I remember you from Deep Space 9?”) and the articles all seem to direct to “Famous for Being Famous”.
I also learned — and I don’t think I will ever be able to unlearn this term, so I might as well inflict it on my readership — the portmanteau celebutante. This, in addition to being one of the ugliest portmaneaux I have ever encountered, appears to be a portmanteau that applies to some of the ugliest people I have ever encountered. I mean, I don’t know if they are physically ugly — I think a prep session deflating silicone implants and sand-blasting away foundation would be required — but more like “why do you have to be a bitch?” ugly.
I guess … you can become famous … by stepping in front of cameras, having a sex tape broadcast, and pretending you are famous?
I promise I am not being faux-elitist. I am honestly curious. Apparently like Paris Hilton, these KKs had a reality show? I’m not going to Google for a link, but I think that is true, from what I’ve read. And I am genuinely inquiring as something I could not learn by Googling: Do people who watch such shows aspire to be these girls/women, identify with these girls/women, hate these girls/women and want to see them be humiliated, are entertained by the antics of these women, or … um … at this point I could randomly insert verbs phrases.
Honest honest honest question: what is the draw? I don’t imagine many of my readers to actually experience these verbs, but through cultural osmosis against which I have insulated myself … please? Help?
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Sadly, I know more about this subject than I wish I did. But I don’t think you’d want me to explain it to you. lol I watched the first Kardashian show when it was on, and now I watch the one that stemmed from it. I am a sad, sad person. haha ANYWAY, I don’t know why I watch them, I don’t hate them, want to be like them or get some kind of sick pleasure from seeing them ridicule themselves in from of a camera…OK, maybe that last one a little bit, but I guess it’s just entertaining. Some of these people are just too fucking ridiculous to pass up.
HOWEVER, this is only one of a couple of reality shows I’ve ever watched, and that’s only because the E! channel shows them at least 30 times in a week, so I can’t really say I go out of my way to watch them…
I don’t think you’d want me to explain it to you.
Well, yeah, Karina, I kinda do; it’s the point of this post.
But you did a pretty good job, despite saying you weren’t going to.
“Ridiculous” is a good adjective to start from. Is part of the humor that they take themselves too seriously? Was Margeaux from Punky Brester before your time? Did I just reference Punky Brewster on mcgees.org?
Oh, trust me, there’s more to their uninteresting story. :p I don’t know why their antics appeal to me, I can’t explain it. But I don’t think they take themselves too seriously, I truly think they, like Paris Hilton, are smarter than they make themselves look on TV and are fully aware of how they are perceived by “the public,” and milk it and take advantage of it to get themselves more publicity.. And why shouldn’t they? haha
Punky Brewster was definitely before my time.