It’s a strange development in popular culture; where individuals who have done nothing of worth, become famous simply because they have managed to propel themselves into the public eye, usually as a result of odious self-promotion.
The cult of celebrity reached a sickening new low in the UK this week with the death of Jade Goody. I wanted to write something to express my revulsion; but I discovered that Billy had beaten me to it; and done a much better job than I could.
You can’t read his site, so I have reproduced his post below; without his permission, but at least I am giving him credit.
How small we have become
How we love our heroes and heroines, achievers of great and stirring deeds all, scientists and sportsmen, surgeons and nurses, explorers and even entrepreneurs once upon a time. We take great pleasure in their achievements at the time and mark their passing with monuments great and small and of course with long obituaries, the latter being one of the reasons that it remains a pleasure to read the Telegraph on a Saturday morning. Boadicea, Alexander Fleming, Lord Nelson, Florence Nightingale, Nobby Stiles, Sir Frank Whittle, Field Marshall Montgomery, Bill Shankly and thousands more make a pretty good fist for a middling sized country.
Jade Goody was a pudgy, foul mouthed slapper whose major claim to fame was performing fellatio on a fellow resident, under the bed clothes, in something called the “Big Brother House” a few years ago. She died today aged 27 leaving behind two sons and a nation captivated by her life and death and a Prime Minister so anxious to get in his tribute that he called her Jane Goody. Her name (presumably as Jade rather than Jane) is apparently to be appended to the list of our nations great and good with the nation’s florists reporting their best business since St. Diana met her unfortunate end in a Parisian tunnel at the hands of her pissed driver.
How small we have become. RIP.
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2009-03-23| genuine j saysYou’ve hit the nail on the head Billy, and thanks to Spike for posting it. The fact that Brown can’t stop himself getting involved is further evidence of just how low politicians in the UK will go.
2009-04-05| genuine j saysYesterday’s funeral of JG reminded me to re-read this post and it belatedly occurred to me that there may have been a mis-spelling in the title. Love your site, but one moan. Your referring to your wife as “she who must be obeyed” seems wrong. The origin of this phrase is, I think, RUMPOLE, and applies to the aging, bulky battleaxe/dragon to whom he is married. Surely yours is not like this. Can we have a photo of her just to be sure? Love your pussy/ies as well. Regards, j.
2009-04-05| Spike saysGlad you like my pussies. Sorry about the misspelling.
She who must be obeyed is a forceful personality, but sweet with it; and nothing like Rumpole’s affliction.
As you asked: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3317/3414569832_095617e014.jpg
2009-04-05| genuine j saysWow!! Lucky you!