To continue with our discussion of celebrities and their claim to fame, I think it's also important for us to discuss the framing that is involved with this. Sure, a lot of celebrities - such as the infamous Jersey Shore cast - claim to fame is the ridiculous things they do or their wealthy family, but have you considered the media's role? As we saw earlier in the semester, framing is done by someone with an agenda and can distort the image, making us think in a particular way. Have you ever noticed that during an episode of The Real Housewives, for example, cameras only show certain events - usually the most ridiculous and outlandish ones - encouraging viewers to perceive each character in a particular way? By the order of the clips, lighting, clothing, facial expressions, etc. things become completely distorted and left for viewers to make sense of.
It wasn't until I watched the reunion of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills that I realized that most of the show, was in fact, framed. As one of the housewives described, she has been labeled as being obsessed with money and inconsiderate of others, but only because the scenes they show are ones that reinforces these ideas. The ones of where she is helping out a friend or playing with her kids, well, that's left out.
So, considering these ideas, I wonder if the cast of shows, like Jersey Shore, are actually intelligent and that they just go with these framing techniques because it gets them their 15 minutes of frame ... something to think about.
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