These things were fine for novelty value, but it's gone too far and now the problem is that young kids grown up wanting to be 'a star' and no-one ever talks about wanting to be a musician. They have little interest in music, only fame. Anyway, how do all these kids know who Whitney is anyway? They all worship her, but she was decades ago! Before most of them were born! What's all that about?
With Christmas coming up it's the same in publishing. Serious authors are having a real struggle getting published because the mass sales are with Celeb biographies, and there currently is a huge campaign against this. Whether anything comes of it, we'll no doubt know in good time. I'm sure Richard Hammond & Katie Price will have another one out this year, as always.
I don't agree that Celeb Publishing, C4 TV Reality & X-Factor manufactured music is as harmless as you make out. For every new manufactured tabloid 'star' there is a band not getting their first deal and a new author not getting published.
Art has been shat on to be replaced with mass commercialism stoked by the tabloids. It's a great shame that the public are so thick.
