Musings From The Middle (Scott Bradlee)

Musings From The Middle (Scott Bradlee)

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The Day Celebrity Culture Died

The Day Celebrity Culture Died

A Global Lockdown, An "Imagine" video, and The End of An Era.

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Scott Bradlee
Jan 31, 2022
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The Day Celebrity Culture Died
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Make no mistake; celebrities are still big business. They fill our box offices, break Netflix streaming records, and occasionally speak to extraterrestrials on our behalf. But celebrity culture as we know it— the belief that celebrities are just like us, but better — has been dead for awhile. In fact, it died on March 18, 2020.

On that day, during the …

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