Analysis:
Heroes and The Cult of Celebrity
When I first looked at this assignment, I said to myself, “How in the world am I going to tie this assignment to my popular culture topic, Fad Diets?” Then I thought fad diets are like celebrities and heroes. The help people and inspire people too. However, unlike heroism, fad diets are a more like celebrities, they want paid for their services. There are nominal costs involved.
This paper will address the following items in the in this Heroes and The Cult of Celebrity
assignment:
a. What theories seem to apply to your popular culture topic?
b. How do these theories describe, analyze or evaluate the topic you have selected?
c. What insight do you gain from applying these theories to your popular culture topic?
What theories seem to apply to your popular culture topic?
Some of the theories that seem to apply are that the diets are life-saving; that they are viewed by the majority of the world; they care about all the attention that they get and that it matters what other famous people are on them.
How do these theories describe, analyze or evaluate the topic you have selected?
The theory that these fad diets are life-saving can be true. There are people who have been on these diets like Nutri-System, Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig just to name a few, and have lost weight. This weight loss has helped celebrities and common folk’s careers and overall health. This is the hero side to the diets. On the other hand, the celebrity side is the fact they have become so famous. The popularity of the fad diets is just as famous as the celebrity promoting it.
What insight do you gain from applying these theories to your popular culture topic?
One of the insights that I have gained is that the diet can make the celebrity more famous. If the celebrity’s status is diminishing, being the spokesperson for a popular diet program can boost their careers again. They are being seen spotlighted on worldwide commercials and print ads. It does hurt that they are more appealing to the either. Look at Marie Osmond and Jennifer Hudson. Nutri- System and Weight Watchers has boosted their careers and put them on top in the public eye. I feel that they are now more marketable since their weight losses
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