Are We So Shallow?

I accidentally ran across an article on the internets that described some kind of spat between Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen.

There were at least 500 comments generally taking one side or the other.

Really?

Have we become so vacuous as a people that we care that much about what two actors are saying about one another?

I love movies and music and art and books but I don’t care about the petty feuds of the participants.

I guess this kind of shallow mindlessness is why “reality” TV is such a big deal now. Who watches this crap? It’s clearly scripted and so phony that it makes professional wrestling look like Shakespeare.

But I digress.

I’m really not a culture snob (ask anyone who knows me) but this obsession with celebrities and their lives is beyond foolish.

I’d be willing to bet that the average person could not tell you who their representatives to congress are but can tell you who Kim Kardashhian or Kobe Bryant are.

Hey! Wake up! Read a book and not one about Cher or Gwen Stefani.