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I expected more from gen z because of the internet and their predisposition for mocking established institutions.
They have failed me by turning internet personalities into a Hollywood like object that people worship.
Why do you blame it all on one generation? They're not the only ones following these celebrities. People of ALL generations follow them. Look at the Kardashians. They have fans from 8 years old to 108 years old. No one knows why.
I expected more from gen z because of the internet and their predisposition for mocking established institutions.
Every generation goes through a phase of mocking established institutions. It's called the teenage years. Some people take longer to grow out of it than others.
Good argument. Yeah, I think Elvis would have looked the way he did (at least until the late 1960s and Vegas) even if he didn't become a music star. He wrote a little but mainly he was a good interpreter of music and know a good song when he heard it. Taking Carl Perkins song Blue Suede Shoes and making it his own...
He helped bridge the gap between white music and black music. Many parents forbade their kids to
Listen because it sounded like black music. It helped pave the way for cross overs and people like Little Richard and James Brown to white audiences (kids).
This book, written by a Buffalo native-author (thus heightening its appeal to Buffalonian me), looked at the phenomenon of celebrity worship (and the personal pursuit of celebrity) 12-13 years ago:
I read it this summer in a few sittings; it is a terrific read. I highly recommend it to a person asking the question you're asking and expressing the opinions you're expressing. Once you've read it, you'll be less surprised with, if still equally depressed by, this 'normal' (to echo ocnjgirl) human tendency.
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