It's just as weird in its own way as the usual celebrity culture, but I've realized that I keep sort of a mental divider in my head between actors and the characters they play. That sounds pretty normal, I guess, but the way it usually works out is that.... I don't think of the people on tv as "real". It's like I compartmentalize the knowledge that there are actors who filmed that scene and then had some lunch. I don't want to know about them as people- partially because, why should I care what some random high school drop out thinks about a proposed law (for example)- but also because if I know anything about them as people, I then have to, oh, feel guilt for seeing them as objects to ogle. Or they say something totally stupid and now I can only ever think of that when I see them.
So that's the weird side. On the otherside of the equation, though, it means when I think about the actual actors, I've managed to avoid feeling like there's a faux-relationship there, or that they are godlike human beings, or like I want to know the details of their personal lives. It keeps them strangers, and me from being a fan.
The one, one, one exception to this (sort of) is Misha Collins. I resisted as long as possible, but the more I heard, the more I found myself thinking, "goddamn it, stop being cool/funny/interesting." It was the twitter, I swear. But I console myself with the thought that I'm not thinking he's cool because he's an actor on a TV show I watch, I'm thinking he's cool because of the stuff he's done and who he is.. So really, it's just like admiring a blogger! Or the town character. Or that professor everyone talks about. Right? Right?
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Date: 2010-02-03 07:56 am (UTC)So that's the weird side. On the otherside of the equation, though, it means when I think about the actual actors, I've managed to avoid feeling like there's a faux-relationship there, or that they are godlike human beings, or like I want to know the details of their personal lives. It keeps them strangers, and me from being a fan.
The one, one, one exception to this (sort of) is Misha Collins. I resisted as long as possible, but the more I heard, the more I found myself thinking, "goddamn it, stop being cool/funny/interesting." It was the twitter, I swear. But I console myself with the thought that I'm not thinking he's cool because he's an actor on a TV show I watch, I'm thinking he's cool because of the stuff he's done and who he is.. So really, it's just like admiring a blogger! Or the town character. Or that professor everyone talks about. Right? Right?