Suffering Starlets

Published: July 25, 2007, 3:05 pm

Tags: arts media, religion society, trends

Pop culture really isn't my beat. I just don't care about the kinds of things that fill the tabloids. And yet, I find the recent troubles of Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton fascinating. Not that I find their behaviors particularly surprising; no, when I say I'm fascinated, I mean I'm fascinated by our responses to their behaviors. We react, of course, like humans do. Which is to say that our Pride kicks in and we think, Those imbeciles! They have everything and look what they do! For shame! I'm particularly fascinated when Christians feel this way. Don't get me wrong, there was a time when I'd have felt similarly. I, too, would have thought For crying out loud! These women have wealth, fame, looks, fans, TV shows, movies, mansions, Ferraris everything! And look how they squander what they've been given. Now they're getting what they deserve. But, more and more, I'm gaining a conviction that far from having everything,

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