This is part of a longer article my friend wrote on his blog regarding Kanye, but it applies to jeremyrandall's last sentence. He works in advertising/marketing in NY and has dealt with these same people quite often.
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Reality TV Nation.
We live in a world where somewhere along the way, likely coinciding with the rise of The Real World, Survivor, American Idol and The Bachelor, the playing field was leveled. Famous people no longer required talent, which put most famous people about one-good-audition-at-the-mall above the regular people. Celebrities became far more accessible. These days, I could name 20 friends that have been to some party that Jay-Z was at. If it was 1984, could I say the same thing about Michael Jackson? Hell no! Now we live in a world where we think famous people are just like us, or we are just like them. It is totally feasible that you could walk into a bar and MGMT will be sitting there having a drink just like you. This changes the whole dynamic.
Three weeks ago, the celebrity may have lived in a trailer park.