Hello everyone, I know that I haven’t written in a while but
my professor gave me a very interesting assignment that I thought I should
share with you. He told my class and I that we had to write an opinion piece
and bring it to class on Weds about anything that we would like. Of course I
began to freak out a little not knowing what I wanted to write about and I went
through a million ideas until a childhood memory came to my head. When I was a little girl, I used to admire the actresses and singers that I watched on television. I remember always wanting to grow up to be like them. I wanted to be as talented as they were. I would grab my hairbrush and put on my mothers sunglasses as I sang in front of the mirror aspiring to one day be just like them. I had curly bouncy hair like Shirley Temple’s and I always wished I could be her. As I started to grow up, so did the entertainment industry. I used to think that being an actress and singer was about talent. I was wrong and I learned that as I grew up.
The entertainment industry is about
selling a product. It isn’t about how talented you are but about who can sell
the most albums. It has become about
keeping up with the times and about being different to get the most attention.
We can look at Miley Cyrus a child star who turned into someone completely
different. What does the twerking and
out of control outfits mean? It makes you wonder if Miley Cyrus is just a
creation of a company who wants to keep making money. It makes you wonder if
the entertainment industry even cares about talent anymore? It even makes me wonder what is talent in our
society? Judging from what I see in television now, the entertainment industry
has become about who stands out the most whether it is for crazy outfits or for
being rebellious or posing nude. The possibilities for fame are endless and
talent is no longer the only thing that can make you famous. It makes me wonder if an ordinary girl /boy can
have the chance at fame without changing who she/he is.
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