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Where Have All the “Talented” Teen Idols Gone?
“The nail in the coffin is Richie’s reported project: Girls who do nothing must prove they can become famous for doing nothing, and the winner “earns” her own show on which she will probably continue doing nothing. It’s like the universe is turning in on itself. Let’s pray this is secretly a postmodern satire of the very phenomenon that made Richie herself a household name, because if we’ve arrived at a point where society’s second-most famous ne’er-do-anything is unironically rewarding that quality in others, then we are speeding toward a very talentless and superficial, and annoying, future indeed. Better lock the doors and hunker down — in giant sunglasses, of course. Just in case.” —The Fug Girls on the state of celebrity.
