Abishai100
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Our modern-age fascination with media and celebrities makes 'fanfare storytelling' very representative of 'capitalism angst.'
Films such as Notting Hill and Dave explore this new-age 'daydream.'
Is this humor or childishness?
Here's a fictional short-story I wrote about celebrities caught up in some 'Internet psychiatry.'
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The popular Hollywood (USA) actress Katie Holmes was married to the American celebrity Tom Cruise but became tired of the media spotlight and the fanfare generated by her relationship to Tom. Katie started surfing the Web and looking for idealistic young men who were Internet-blogging about important democracy-related values as they related to our modern age of media-prioritization. Secretly, she was looking for an 'Internet pen-pal' and maybe even a 'covert lover.' She found an Armenian-American prince named Ajay Satan who was blogging about the American demand for socially-relevant Hollywood films.
Ajay would costume himself as a 'pseudo-vigilante' and praise American films that did in fact symbolize important values in modern society. He cited Katie's youth-angst film Go and Cruise's culture-angst film Magnolia but also suggested that there should be more politically-conscious films such as Stephen Gaghan's treatise on OPEC titled Syriana. Katie started becoming interested in Ajay's work and followed his posts on US Message Board and World Discussion Forum. She started corresponding with Ajay using the chatroom alias 'Firestar,' and Ajay would joke that he felt like 'Iceman' (a Marvel Comics character connected to one named 'Firestar') when he corresponded with her.
Cruise started becoming suspicious of Katie's activities while working on his newest Mission: Impossible film. He started to suspect that his wife was surfing on the Web for hours on end (sometimes late into the evening), because she was courting a secret 'Internet pen-pal' with whom she had fallen in love. Cruise suspected that Katie started becoming fatigued and frustrated with the media spotlight surrounding their high-profile relationship in the media. He also worried that Katie was not feeling included in Cruise's private crusade with the Church of Scientology and that Katie felt like he had become a media-obsessed workaholic. Cruise felt depressed and decided to go to a celebrity bar to drown his woes.
At the Hollywood club-bar, Cruise ran into one of his old friends, the Hollywood actress Jennifer Connelly. Cruise was drunk and confided in Jennifer that he thought his wife Katie had become frustrated with their media-spotlight lifestyle and had therefore started courting some idealistic young Internet-blogger who had become her 'secret lover.' Connelly explained to Cruise that many idealistic young men were Internet-blogging about social values and were donning the mantle of 'armchair warrior' and 'culture vigilante,' and that Katie was perhaps drawn to that. Jennifer also explained that she herself was dating an idealistic young man, an Armenian-American prince and Internet-blogger named Ajay Satan.
Cruise went home that night and told Katie that he talked to his old friend Jennifer Connelly and how Jennifer explained that the recent 'tide' of young idealistic men posting on the Internet as 'culture idealists' made them attractive to 'bored celebrities.' Cruise also told Katie that Jennifer in fact dated (in secret) one of these individuals, an Armenian-American prince named Ajay Satan. Katie responded with understanding but then went to her room and logged onto the Web to find Ajay and ask him if he ever dated Jennifer Connelly and why he never told her! Ajay explained Jennifer wanted to keep the relationship a secret. Meanwhile, Cruise and Connelly began dating, and this made everything more complicated.
Cruise decided to log onto the Web and find this 'Ajay Satan,' and when he found him on US Message Board, he asked Ajay if he ever dated Jennifer Connelly, and Ajay was stunned, wondering if Cruise was suspicious of the newfound relationship between Ajay and Katie. Ajay wrote to Cruise, "I suspect you're wondering about Jennifer, since many 'bored celebrity housewives' are logging onto the Web and looking for idealistic young men with whom to forge a 'pen-pal' bond. Maybe you think that if I dated Jennifer, perhaps I might be establishing some link with your wife Katie!" Cruise responded in the affirmative, and Ajay explained that the Internet was available for 'private daydreams.' Nothing was resolved, and Cruise decided to make a machinery-themed film titled Edge of Tomorrow.
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Films such as Notting Hill and Dave explore this new-age 'daydream.'
Is this humor or childishness?
Here's a fictional short-story I wrote about celebrities caught up in some 'Internet psychiatry.'
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The popular Hollywood (USA) actress Katie Holmes was married to the American celebrity Tom Cruise but became tired of the media spotlight and the fanfare generated by her relationship to Tom. Katie started surfing the Web and looking for idealistic young men who were Internet-blogging about important democracy-related values as they related to our modern age of media-prioritization. Secretly, she was looking for an 'Internet pen-pal' and maybe even a 'covert lover.' She found an Armenian-American prince named Ajay Satan who was blogging about the American demand for socially-relevant Hollywood films.
Ajay would costume himself as a 'pseudo-vigilante' and praise American films that did in fact symbolize important values in modern society. He cited Katie's youth-angst film Go and Cruise's culture-angst film Magnolia but also suggested that there should be more politically-conscious films such as Stephen Gaghan's treatise on OPEC titled Syriana. Katie started becoming interested in Ajay's work and followed his posts on US Message Board and World Discussion Forum. She started corresponding with Ajay using the chatroom alias 'Firestar,' and Ajay would joke that he felt like 'Iceman' (a Marvel Comics character connected to one named 'Firestar') when he corresponded with her.
Cruise started becoming suspicious of Katie's activities while working on his newest Mission: Impossible film. He started to suspect that his wife was surfing on the Web for hours on end (sometimes late into the evening), because she was courting a secret 'Internet pen-pal' with whom she had fallen in love. Cruise suspected that Katie started becoming fatigued and frustrated with the media spotlight surrounding their high-profile relationship in the media. He also worried that Katie was not feeling included in Cruise's private crusade with the Church of Scientology and that Katie felt like he had become a media-obsessed workaholic. Cruise felt depressed and decided to go to a celebrity bar to drown his woes.
At the Hollywood club-bar, Cruise ran into one of his old friends, the Hollywood actress Jennifer Connelly. Cruise was drunk and confided in Jennifer that he thought his wife Katie had become frustrated with their media-spotlight lifestyle and had therefore started courting some idealistic young Internet-blogger who had become her 'secret lover.' Connelly explained to Cruise that many idealistic young men were Internet-blogging about social values and were donning the mantle of 'armchair warrior' and 'culture vigilante,' and that Katie was perhaps drawn to that. Jennifer also explained that she herself was dating an idealistic young man, an Armenian-American prince and Internet-blogger named Ajay Satan.
Cruise went home that night and told Katie that he talked to his old friend Jennifer Connelly and how Jennifer explained that the recent 'tide' of young idealistic men posting on the Internet as 'culture idealists' made them attractive to 'bored celebrities.' Cruise also told Katie that Jennifer in fact dated (in secret) one of these individuals, an Armenian-American prince named Ajay Satan. Katie responded with understanding but then went to her room and logged onto the Web to find Ajay and ask him if he ever dated Jennifer Connelly and why he never told her! Ajay explained Jennifer wanted to keep the relationship a secret. Meanwhile, Cruise and Connelly began dating, and this made everything more complicated.
Cruise decided to log onto the Web and find this 'Ajay Satan,' and when he found him on US Message Board, he asked Ajay if he ever dated Jennifer Connelly, and Ajay was stunned, wondering if Cruise was suspicious of the newfound relationship between Ajay and Katie. Ajay wrote to Cruise, "I suspect you're wondering about Jennifer, since many 'bored celebrity housewives' are logging onto the Web and looking for idealistic young men with whom to forge a 'pen-pal' bond. Maybe you think that if I dated Jennifer, perhaps I might be establishing some link with your wife Katie!" Cruise responded in the affirmative, and Ajay explained that the Internet was available for 'private daydreams.' Nothing was resolved, and Cruise decided to make a machinery-themed film titled Edge of Tomorrow.
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