rant · moment 18 of 23
Why Celebrities Never Actually Say Anything Real
from #178 - Secret Society | The Tim Dillon Show · #178
4 min
He wonders why more mind-controlled-seeming celebrities don't slip up more often, citing Roseanne's outbursts and questioning whether Kylie Jenner or the Kardashians actually understand the systems they're part of.
- Most Hollywood actors and actresses haven't actually looked into anything substantive.
- Kylie Jenner acts like a reincarnated god and probably has no idea how fucked the apparatus is that made her rich.
- The Kardashian family is smart and purely focused on business operations.
- Kylie being a billionaire from a makeup line, combined with reality TV and sexualized content, creates a weird nexus.
- Tim questions whether celebrities ever realize they helped build a celebrity-obsessed culture.
- Trump is a primal P.T. Barnum-type celebrity who wouldn't exist without reality television.
- Real Housewives and reality TV condition people to enjoy something fake and don't care because it's real enough.
- Reality TV is heavily manufactured, but the houses and outfits exist in the places they claim to live.
reality televisionDonald TrumpKylie JennerKim KardashianKris JennerP.T. Barnum