The book, “Spoiled” by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan’s
discusses the covered life of the celebrity. It goes in depth, diving into the exclusive
life of VIP treatment. As I was reading this book a lot of questions came up. One
in particular got me thinking, it was the reality of how this sheltered
celebrity life is presented. Through tabloids, insider networks and invading
paparazzi shots, celebrity life is shown in a golden goblet looked upon with
spotlights. In society we strive for this uncovered luxury of fame. But we do
not truly understand how this real fame is until we obtain it, which there
after we all but have to wonder why it is that we so desired it. In simpler
words, the book “Spoiled” is a true example of the hardships of fame that are
not advertised to the general public, how this fame can destroy everything,
including the celebrity who it is focused on.
Molly,
stumbles into the spotlight of the paradox of fame. Her life is completely open
as she says, “it’s like there is always an open ear just ready to grab at your
latest slip-up” and completely closed, forced behind gates, mansion walls and
tinted windows. Fame is a complicated thing especially for someone thrown into
the spotlight like Molly. Fame in fact is a complex idea for everyone to understand
especially the way media presents it. This book really got me to realize that
celebrity media networks show fame as something priceless and amazing, something
with no faults at all. When really it is something that can rip down those
unlucky few who have plunged into the waters of glamour. Fame is something that
spoils a person to the point where they become immune to what’s going on around
them. For example, Brooke is so shielded from the world she doesn’t understand
the balances in the world and what makes a person good. This is showing how
fame can make people petty and unaware, only wanting to gain even if that means
others losing. While Molly, on the other hand, deals with the other aspect of
fame. Having every inch of her life investigated and reported worldwide to a
crowd, who just want to know some gossip, not even vaguely caring about who the
celebrity is. Celebrities are shown in every aspect of their faults, while they
themselves are sheltered in luxurious bubble not daring to put a toe on the line,
or even care about the world around them.
Our celebrity
idols live in a life behind closed doors, while explicit pieces of their life
are displayed to us. The public, so eager and excited to snatch up those pieces
of information, despite the obvious lies and heartbreak wound up in these
stories. We are much like celebrities, we take the information that is preached
to us and believe it. We are part of the problem, when stars have their privacy
invaded just for us to get the perfect shot. It makes both parties more blind.
The more we urn for information the more celebrities have to shelter
themselves, the more they do, the more unaware they become. It is a
never-ending cycle that has to stop. The most I have gathered from this book is
how much the sheltered world of the rich and famous is really, the glamour and
special treatment is not always virtuous thing. It takes the essence of
humanity, we can not live in harmony, if
the members of society do not respect division as something of impurity, than
we can be as one. We can never be equal.
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