I say “dead” because to be dead is to “not make an appearance”. They describe celebrities as “making an appearance”. Appearances has become our reality now. If you do not speak up, you are not heard and may as well be dead (invisible).
Think about all those people in prisons. they are invisible. They are to be tortured and no one knows about it. Think of all those people wrongfully detained or beat up by cops and there’s no recording of it. No record = didn’t happen; no pics = didn’t happen. Why is it that we know of Einstein and not some other great genius? it’s because Einstein has records while others don’t.
If you don’t not understand how to “look good on camera” you’re basically screwed. We are all models, so might as well smile for the camera Understand how to look good on camera
“Modeling is truly an art form, and you have to respect it and do the research and the work,” says Liris Crosse, a leading plus-size model and former Project Runway winner, who also runs a model workshop and masterclass. It’s not enough to be physically attractive, she explains—you have to understand how to look good on camera. “I think it’s important, especially for new models, to get information from people who have actually done it. I see people who offer classes and I’m like,** ‘I’ve never seen you** in an ad.’ I have the actual credentials to back it up. And I’m still working, so I’m continuously backing it up. I’m giving you the shortcut of what took me over a decade to get myself.” https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/become-model-4598/
https://today.cofc.edu/2013/11/22/5-ways-the-hunger-games-is-more-realistic-than-you-think/
No country in the world idolizes celebrities like the U.S. does. Some theorists suggest America’s emphasis on celebrity culture is tied to the Latin concept of panem et circenses, or “bread and circuses,” a concept used to distract the populace from their problems. The name Panem comes from that concept. In the book, the Hunger Games contestants become celebrities who distract the people of the 12 districts from the inequalities that define their lives.
“If you look around and see how pervasive reality TV is in our lives, how frequently we make celebrities out of nothing, you’ll notice that distraction is everywhere,” Winfield said. “Celebrities are always in the news next to updates about politics and wars. The Hunger Games take the idea of celebrity and distraction to a more extreme level through the circus that is the annual Hunger Games”
Also the first point in that article is power disparity. If you’ve ever been poor and then become a student or in a well paying job or moved to a new country, you know intuitively the wealth disparity and how some people just have basic needs secure and don’t even have to think about it. If you ever been homeless or in a country not the US or Europe then you’d know this feeling of being raised in elevation by things like a a badge access or physical geography (like a new country/state/city) or money/debit card or status