I am perpetually perplexed by the fetishist attention accorded to the likes of Khanyi Mbau, Edith Venter and subsequenlty, Babalwa Mneno. As far as I can see, these people have no discernible talent or contribution apart from wearing outrageously not-very-much-there outfits, dating significantly older (or younger) men and relentlessly reiterating braggadocio.
The problem is not them, it is us. Why on earth do we waste valuable time drooling over these individuals? Are we defaulting to a bubblegum small scale Hollywood culture? Do we genuinely view this as progress of our entertainment industry into world status? If that is the case, by all means we are deluding ourselves.Concomitantly many of our celebrities seem to suffer from delusions of granduer.My goodness, the absurd diva stories that go about. I hear Pabi Moloi recently asked an audience member to kneel and help her take off her shoes. Her shoes nogal! Even J-LO wouldn't do that. Talk about delusion!
Are we, as audiences,complicitist to this delusion. Forgive me if I come across as being too radical but I think we are being taken for a ride,by the media, by them (and no I am not talking about some obstreperious conspiracy theory). For heaven's sake, may someone enlighten me as to what is so fascinating about getting yourself a well-endowed sugar papa, getting yo heavily made up face on tellevision (not doing much in particular) and bragging about it. What makes magazines which plaster this sell like hotcakes. At least Mneno is a business woman (but the question is: what is she doing in the celebrity scene?What is she famous for?).Surely there are dozens of business women who don't populate our society pages.
I will pen off now before I strain someone's eyes (as alleged in my previous article). Before that I would like anyone who might perhaps have the time to enlighten me as to where comes this oscillating and near obsessive preoccupation with what the people who inhabit our living rooms (through tv) eat for breakfast,who they sleep with, particularly those who DON'T DO ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR apart from show their 'pretty' faces on tv. Suffice it to mention, there is nothing wrong with being interested in entertainers who actually ENTERTAIN.
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