The best way to tell if a celebrity is on the downward slope of their career trajectory is when they start making partisan political attacks during concerts or interviews. Then you know they’ve boarded the train to has-been land.
Take John Cleese for example, a comic legend, member of the shrinking Monty Python troupe, he of “Fawlty Towers” fame. One of the funniest shows ever made. His contemptible elitist rant in this video reveals him to another rich snob who thinks those beneath his station, who don’t concur with lefty cant, aren’t real people. And any news station at variance with his world view is nothing but propaganda of the worst sort. Even though Hillary Clinton said Fox News treated her more fairly than any other news station in the 2008 primaries.
Well, we know Cleese is in his dotage, so let’s pick a younger target. How about Jennifer Lopez who called Sarah Palin a “la cabrona” on MTV. Lopez is one to call people a bitch, considering her reputation. Takes one to know one, Jennifer? Or perhaps bashing Palin is the new Bush bashing. In the world of hack celebrities, it’s like a “hey guys, I’m cool, because I hate Republicans” membership card.
In this club of irrelevance, it might get you a high five from other ideologues. But it also brands you a hater. The public is tired of partisanship. They’ve had ten years of screeching rage from some of the most dimwitted, hypocritical blowhards imaginable. All of them have the common bond of a sneering belief in their own moral superiority, even though most of them have been guilty of every kind of abuse under the sun: physical, mental and drug. This “elite” club is full of admirers of mass murderers and totalitarian dictators. It’s a club full of people who mistreat their assistants, who make imbecilic statements with abandon, then turn around and tell us how we should behave or vote if we want to be “good”. I have two words for those people, the second one is “you”.
What they fail to understand is how partisan attacks, especially their fans, makes you unappealing to a large part of your audience. You know, the people who pay your bills?
Yes, many of these celebs may be so rich it doesn’t matter anymore, but it reveals an ugliness in their souls that will be remembered long after they’re gone. It becomes part of their legacy. And even rich egotists don’t want that sullied.
But since many of them lack the brainpower to even grasp the simplicity of this argument. I will explain it in a homily they might understand: “Hating others does not make you beautiful. It makes you ugly.”
Many celebs have seen their fan base drop as they get older while others accrue legend status. Why? A large part of that is the ones who don’t go around attacking others tend to be liked more. People are not drawn to negative vibes, except the self haters. And again for emphasis, people are sick of partisanship.
If you want to look like an old, out of touch hack, start insulting people and show us how much you hate. Works every time.
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