One example of a couple from pop culture I like to think about is Jim and Pam from The Office. Jim and Pam are work friends for a long time before they get married and have kids together. This teaches other people that it is quite possible to meet your spouse at work, and a significant amount of couples in real life actually meet each other this way. It also shows that friends make good couples as well. I think this contradicts Klosterman's idea of "fake love" because these are both very normal things to happen and makes for a reasonable couple to adore. If someone were to compare their relationship to Jim and Pam's it wouldn't really be that extraordinary.
When it comes to Celebrity Culture the word privacy doesn't really come to mind. Their everyday lives are publicized and they can't do anything without everyone knowing. In the case of Justine Sacco this appears to be true because she made one disrespectful tweet and got her own taste of celebrity culture. Not a good one either. She essentially became a celebrity and was the most talked about topic on Twitter at one point. This taste of celebrity culture pretty much ruined her life as she got fired and everyone in the world thinks she's a racist. This shows that anyone could become a celebrity, sometimes against their will and not in a positive aspect. So you should be more careful about what you put on the internet.
It’s really interesting how normal Jim and Pam’s relationship is but how it’s still a somewhat idolized relationship by a lot of people. Most famous couples on television have that “fake love” and makes for an unrealistic expectation for a lot of people. I think Jim and Pam are a great example of realistic modern romanticism.
ReplyDeleteI like Jim and Pam together as well, I'd agree with it being fairly realistic. However, some of the stuff they do is super cheesy, it seems way to cheesy to relate to.
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