Celebrity Lives And Their Shows

The fact that someone like Kim Kardashian is famous has always puzzled me. Even more puzzling is the fact that she has a reality show that follows her life, as do many other celebrities, or even has-beens. Personally, from the snippets I’ve seen of shows like Keeping up with the Kardashians, a lot of the events that are shown are staged to make for interesting episodes and their lives generally aren’t that interesting. One of the shows that I did watch for a while was Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels, which follows Gene Simmons and his family and what they do on a seemingly everyday basis. One of the things that I thought was interesting in looking at Gene Simmons vs. Kim Kardashian is that Sophie, Gene’s daughter is constantly shown in the show as trying to not be associated with her dad’s name. She’s seen as starting her own organizations and doing things by herself. And not to say that Kim Kardashian is playing off of her famous parental figures, but I think that it’s easier to pay attention to someone if they have some sort of relationship to a famous person.

To this point, I think the fame is ascribed, but the actual people are celetoids that happen to have longer than 15 minutes of fame. The reality shows are one of the big things that keep people interested in their lives. Much like Gene Simmons, he has his reality show and quite honestly, I don’t think a lot of people really think about KISS anymore. And while he did achieve his celebrity status, he is using his reality show to keep that celebrity. I truly think that reality shows that supposedly follow the everyday lives of these people have created a new way for people to become celebrities, whether they actually achieved it or budded off of something else.