http://caughtinplay.com/celebrity-atheists-unite/ the culture of entertainment Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:26:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://caughtinplay.com/celebrity-atheists-unite/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Peter Stromberg Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:12:34 +0000 http://caughtinplay.com/?p=199#comment-28 Thanks, Toby. I discovered a quote the other day in Joshua Gamson's book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Claims-Fame-Celebrity-Contemporary-America/dp/0520083539/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1249758126&sr=1-1" rel="nofollow">Claims to Fame</a> 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 <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199505/the-culture-celebrity" rel="nofollow">article by Jill Neimark</a> in <em>Psychology Today</em>) 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)

]]> http://caughtinplay.com/celebrity-atheists-unite/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Toby Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:57:35 +0000 http://caughtinplay.com/?p=199#comment-22 Very well said!!! Yes indeed, we worship idols and images that are just fictions that we think are real. Very well said!!! Yes indeed, we worship idols and images that are just fictions that we think are real.

]]>