Average Joe vs. the TV/Movie Star

The Stars:

I was checking out my Facebook yesterday (Dec 5^th 2008) and saw a friend (TV Celeb) saying that they were concerned about a show they were going to be doing the next day. Low and behold they received many comments of support, which is not a big deal and is kind of nice. However some of these comments were a little over the top in the way of brown nosing and I am sure some of these are really just sucking up so they can say they talk to a TV Celebrity on Facebook.

The next evening the show was done and over with and guess what, more comments of the same nature.  Granted this person knows a lot of stars (whom seldom seem to comment) and also many average Joe’s that always seem to comment.

The Average Joe:

The average Joe works about 40 hours a week, often takes home a paycheck that is close to or below the poverty level and yet he gets no praise aside from his family. There is no doubt in my mind that the Family factor is an important one and maybe that average Joe does not need to be validated but what if he was as praised as a star is. Would it change his outlook on his job and make him more productive? What if his boss(es) gave him praise and told him he was a great employee and gave him a raise. 

My questions here are, why do we praise people we barely know and ignore the average Joe’s right next to us? Do we think that if we praise the stars they will be our friends and validate our existence?

 Ask yourself these 2 questions.

How far would this star be willing to go to help you out?

How far would an average Joe be willing to go to help you out?

 

My bet would be on the average Joe. This is not to say that the stars are bad people. I just don’t think they would be around to hear you cry. YES I know, there are exceptions to the rule but there is probably some rules to the exception as well.

I wonder if subconsciously we feel that the stars owe us since we buy their movies and watch their shows and feel that we know them. But to them we are just an other face. Sure they love their fans but if I was a star I would too since fans are the ones that pay my bills, buy me a nice house and that BMW or Benz. 

Funny how this topic started out by me checking my Facebook. Maybe I will go back onto this subject later after I have given it more thought. Or maybe not since I am an average Joe and no really reads this crap!!!

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