The journey from there to here
Published on May 30, 2006 By Gideon MacLeish In Current Events

I love Paris Hilton. Since Michael Jackson moved to Bahrain, she has filled a much needed void by adding herself to the list of celebrities that we don't even need to TRY to make fun of because they're such EASY targets.

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The reality show star/actress/heiress is adding "professional singer" to her list as she prepares to release an album that she describes as a mix of "reggae, pop, and hiphop". Somehow, her "street cred" seems to be seriously lacking in two of the three categories. Let's all hear her sing about the struggle against "the man" when she, in fact, IS "the man", living a life of luxury and opulence that will never require her to put forth a serious effort towards anything. Let's all hear her sing a musical style influenced by the poverty ridden lifestyles of those living in neighbourhoods that she's never come nearer to than her cruising altitude flyovers in her private jet, and whose laborious existence she not only will never know, but whom, in fact, her family has probably EXPLOITED at various times in the building of their empire.

In the history of humankind, there will probably be very few individuals in the world who have contributed less, yet received more accolades, than Paris Hilton. Her entire existence is self parodying, and would be altogether unmentionable were it not for her attempts to make herself somehow relevant.


Comments
on May 30, 2006
You know the sickest thing, they have paris hilton Halloween costumes - so you're little girls can emmulate her and try to be just like her when they grow up. Do you think the radio stations will play her music? It will be interesting to see.
on May 30, 2006
Do most radio stations even have a choice? My understanding is that most playlists are determined "higher up" then the individual station. It has less to do with artistic talent then it does who's distributing/producing it.
on May 30, 2006
Also, I love the South Park parody of Paris Hilton: Link

on May 30, 2006
This won't last more than a few months. No one who is that kind of diva and who is already that famous can just declare themselves a popstar. She couldn't deal with the strain of a pampered 3 or 4 stop tour, much less what would be demanded of her in the real world. The fact that she claims to have written the lyrics to 7 of the songs in and of itself spells doom.

It does my heart good to see a sideshow freak strutting around like they are cool, not knowing they are a sideshow freak and everyone is laughing at them. Hear me now, believe me later... there will come a day when the realization will hit her, and she'll know that all this time she wasn't admired or looked up to. Then it is the same valium, gin and plastic surgury offramp they all take.
on May 30, 2006
Oh man, can you imagine Paris with dread locks rasta??? haha! She'd probably look something like this:


LOL
on May 31, 2006
She is not the first, nor the last.  Itis called celebrititis. Those that cant live, live through them.  Pathetic really.
on May 31, 2006
Did you see the movie Just Friends? It has a dingy pop star in it and is hilarious. Rent it if you haven't seen it yet.