A famous phase

Every day, I ask myself, "How do people get famous? What do they give up in order to gain substantial amount of attention?"

There are indeed many ways to get famous. Viewers and listeners can either like or hate you. To get the best end of the deal, some get both. Of late, I noticed a controversial yet popular method surfacing. Here's my two cents worth.

I received an instant message last night. The conversation went like this:

yc: hey bro, check tis out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wk51lfLfIQ
eu: 'sup dude, what's it about?
yc: politicks. it's fucking funny.
eu: who shot the sheriff this time?
yc: dick lee at ol' sheriff lee.
eu: aights it better be worth my time. i'll get back to u after viewing.
yc: cheers.

Well somehow, I didn't find the time to get back to him.

According to my friend, the video was "fucking funny". Let's just say, I'd put it this way; I beg to differ. If you have a black sense of humour, you will laugh. The person featured could have certainly done a lot better doing something else somewhere else. After much thought, I figured it had to do with the nature of the market concerned. With increasingly more people thinking they'd found this peculiar niche in the area of public criticism, the famous good guys are naturally becoming the infamous dart-boards. You see, everyone's trying their luck at these people. An act to mark thepotent symbol of rebellion. Albeit a far cry from what used to start revolutions decades ago, they made themselves heard. The trick - however ironic - here is, the greater the difference in thoughts, the more you "connected" you are with the crowd. That's perhaps the only thing that appeals to me - a stimulus to the diversification of thoughts. Somewhat amazingly, Dick made a decision that he should take a dick at his fellow counterpart, Lee - only that this Lee existed a generation earlier. Still, I'd give him a 6/10 on his bold attempt since this man might just be a late bloomer.

I got a funny feeling there's more to it than just becoming famous. Perhaps my horticultural roots get at me sometimes. Cut that ol' man some slack. He's more than just propaganda.

After all, according to Dick, it ain't about ME anymore, it's about.. YOU.