Comments on: Celebrity Atheists Unite!

By: Cousuagnomaws

Cousuagnomaws — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 05:30:31 +0000

Tom Brady was up early, making his weekly appearance on WEEI with “SportsCenter” on in the background, when Patriots highlights came on the program. His preschool-aged son Jack, who has been in the postgame locker room a couple of times this season wearing a number 12 jersey, saw the Pats, and likely his famous father, come on the screen and said excitedly, “Daddy, that’s you!”
http://www.boston.com/

By: Peter Stromberg

Peter Stromberg — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:12:34 +0000

Thanks, Toby. I discovered a quote the other day in Joshua Gamson's book Claims to Fame that makes it clear that even celebrities themselves understand this. The 30s-era actress Myrna Loy said, "I daren't take any chances with Myrna Loy, for she isn't my property...I couldn't even go to the corner drugstore without looking 'right,' you see. Not because of personal vanity, but because the studio has spent millions of dollars on the personality known as Myrna Loy." (I was reminded of this quote in reading an article by Jill Neimark in Psychology Today)

By: Toby

Toby — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:57:35 +0000

Very well said!!! Yes indeed, we worship idols and images that are just fictions that we think are real.