You won't get your moment of fame: Shurygina's generation was deceived
Andy Warhol, a charming blond and cunning creator, once said: “In the future, everyone will get their 15 minutes of fame.” 15 minutes is, of course, too much, but a minute is quite possible. Both television and then social networks actively promoted this message.
Hundreds of thousands of people - both young and older - have tried and are trying to get their moment of glory. And for this they are ready to literally do anything. The idiocy that falls on us from social networks and from the television screen is a direct consequence of the passion to become popular, to one degree or another, at any cost.
But they forgot to tell these racers for “fame” about two things. Firstly, popularity in the modern world is too fleeting. Today they talk about you on all channels, and the next day, at best, they will forget. Who? What? About what? After all, another idiot got to the top - and just as quickly disappeared. Now - secondly. The Matrix does not tell drugged glory seekers what they will have to pay for it. And I’m not talking about sad nights when they devour themselves for how quickly small and large popularity has gone. It's much worse.
Look how many people went through the hellish reality show “Dom-2” in its vulgarity and philistinism. Hundreds of people - and if the first ones were still creative characters in their own way, then in recent years the project has been inhabited by escort girls and freaks. They came there to find not so much fame as “daddies.”
And this was an important pedagogical moment. From the screen on the federal channel, girls - and boys too - were actually taught to sell themselves, saying: discard principles - they are not needed, discard common sense - it is not worth it. Be corrupt idiots - and everything will work out. But the worst thing is that only a few out of hundreds actually happened: Buzova got into the first row, and Bonya and Vodonovaeva got into the third row.
But these are success stories, albeit very unique ones. How many girls have suffered from violence? How many were killed? How many committed suicide themselves? Dozens. Yes, that’s right – dozens. It’s somehow not customary to talk about them. About those who did not pass the selection.
Where do these thoughts of mine come from? The news caught my eye that Diana Shurygina - yes, the same rape victim who was glorified by Channel One - was lying in a mental hospital in the narcology department. And this is not the first time. The girl will end badly. Look, it's bad.
And someone will say: “To hell with her!” Let it be, although I feel sorry for all the people. Is it true. But we’re not talking about Shurygina, no. It's about who brings them to prime time, who teaches millions of viewers to be like that in pursuit of their “minute of fame.” And this is real dirt, unacceptable. Because instead of a moment of glory there are months of fall. Show them, but no, they will remember only after death.
The moral of what was said? In the words of Tyler Durden from Fight Club: “Television has given us the idea that we will become screen stars, singers, but we understand that this is not so. And it makes us—all of us—furious.” Do you get the hint?
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