Why do we have "celebrities"?

Do you ever really stop and think about how much time society wastes on lifting up and making rich people who "pretend" for a living? Or just because somebody can sing, or play a kids game/sport professionally, or stand in front of thousands of worshippers every Sunday? I just don't get it. Why do we make them rich? Why are they elevated to the godly status? They are just PEOPLE...imperfect boneheads who screw up and do the same things WE do. The difference is they do their job in front of a camera and we allow them to get paid more than most of us will see in a lifetime. For example, Tom Cruise getting $20 million for ONE movie? I can't even think about it without getting nauseated. He's a scrawny, short high school DROP OUT and every time he makes a movie millions pour into the theater making him filthy rich for a few months of work. I could list tons of people like that. Sports stars...wow...what pinnacles of morality they are...NOT! Yet we fill the stadiums. WHY???????

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I Agree with you!!! I think much of the attention has been created by the celebrity from the beginning. Even Princess Dianna told the Media where she would be..They WANT the attention, but when they run into troubles with their parties they want people to still love them and accept them....As far as Tom Cruise I think the man is disgusting, as well as his wife...And SPORTS. Ughs I cannot stand sports...I think it's sad when families run to a stadium and waste good money to watch a man chase a ball, it's actually sickening. There has got to be a Better and Wiser Hobbie......

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There is something called "law of supply and demand." Simply put, some people manage to produce something that the public wants, that nobody else is offering. Tom Cruise offers entertaining movies, or at least movies a significant sector of the public is willing to pay to see. For whatever reason, the public finds his product far better than the competitors, and he is rewarded accordingly. There are other situations like that.

Also, the general public is curious about certain people, and some in society have manage to exploit this curiosity. That is a complicated subject, but I am sure I do not have to explain. You have seen it yourself.

I understand you see this issue as a defect of the humanity. That may be true, but it is irrelevant. It is said that the humanity is not perfect, but it is perfectible. Every day, there is improvement, even if the direction is not obvious to you. Maybe one day, the humanity will reach a point where fame is caused by other factor than those at present.
They add excitement into our dull meaningless lives.
Our lives are boring. We get to watch these celebrities have money we could only dream of, get away with things that we never would, and do a lot of things we never will. We are living vicariously through their lives.
do you often feel like a salmon swimming upstream too?

yeah....me too.