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Thanks to our image obsessed society, is it possible for anyone to become famous for talent and not just an image?

Asked by hookecho (958points) October 19th, 2009

These days you don’t have to have a shred of talent or individuality to become famous. Some examples:

-People becoming reality tv stars for no reason other than having eight kids.
– Good, talented musicians that never get any airtime because they don’t have the right image or don’t sing about sex and drugs all the time.
– Pro wrestlers who are insanley talented, but because they’re 5’10 150 lbs instead of 6’6 280 lbs, they don’t get contracts or careers.

Obviously there are exceptions like Susan Boyle, but it seems like unless your goodlooking or willing to act like a complete attention whore, you will never be famous in todays image crazed society no matter how talented you are. thoughts?

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