rant · moment 15 of 24
LA's Two Extremes: TikTok Kids and Fame Holdouts
from #220 - Hail Mary | The Tim Dillon Show · #220
4 min
Tim describes LA's two types of people — young TikTok stars burning bright and aging celebrities who won't let go of fame, comparing the latter to the dying cat character Grizabella from Cats, and questions his own place in Hollywood.
- LA has two extremes: 16-year-old TikTok kids getting chased by paparazzi and quick-burning their careers, and older people who won't let fame go.
- TikTok kids are relevant for no reason, just followed around by paparazzi making money while in a haze, not even aware of what's happening.
- Tim describes aging celebrities as people who've already achieved their goals but nobody's told them it's time to leave—they keep coming back for the pep rallies and homecoming.
- Comparing fading celebrities to Grizabella from Cats, an old ratty cat that doesn't know it's time to die—in Hollywood there's a bunch of ratty cats walking around not realizing they should leave.
- Whitney Cummings kept rescuing a dying cat and posting it on Instagram, but the cat just wanted to die alone like cats naturally do.
- Tim questions his own place in LA and his purpose there among all these people.
- Sitting at Boa Steakhouse watching TikTok kids with face tattoos on unknown drugs, dancing in front of their food and making more money than he could imagine.
- Tim wonders if his role in LA is just to sell merchandise—new drops, new merch, things people wear that he sells.
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