'Fans'...
Not that it's of any personal interest to me, but I was intrigued by this headline on a not-really-news story...
Surprise Holly Valance sighting shocks fans
Interesting that the 'news' site should refer to, or indeed imply, that Holly Valance has any 'fans'... She was, at a generous best, a 2-hit pop music wonder back in the 00s, after completely failing to set the acting world alight with her stint on the recently, mercifully deceased Aussie soap opera 'Neighbours'... then married a rich property developer & left the business of show, with barely a whimper, let alone a backward glance. I would be amazed if anyone in the USA, or Asia, or Africa, or about 95% of Europe has ever heard of her, let alone ever been a 'fan'
For those of us who remember her at all, it's mostly for the vacuous pop she fronted the music videos for, her not-cute-but-actually-a-little-disturbing shtick about living in 'Hollyworld' &, more recently, her support for an anti- Covid vaccination group. So to see her in a photo with Trump & Nigel Farage is only surprising in that somehow, her billionaire husband wangled a photo-op after some dinner thing for similarly right-(wing)minded delusionals... & certainly not any kind of 'shock' to either those who have heard of her, or those who wonder who the hell she is
Still... click-bait is click-bait & even though my intention was only to shine a light, once again, on the First World's obsession with vacuity & the bottom-rung media's role in creating & sustaining it, in the end I still clicked on the article, so they win
I feel hollow... & a little dirty after all that
Surprise Holly Valance sighting shocks fans
Interesting that the 'news' site should refer to, or indeed imply, that Holly Valance has any 'fans'... She was, at a generous best, a 2-hit pop music wonder back in the 00s, after completely failing to set the acting world alight with her stint on the recently, mercifully deceased Aussie soap opera 'Neighbours'... then married a rich property developer & left the business of show, with barely a whimper, let alone a backward glance. I would be amazed if anyone in the USA, or Asia, or Africa, or about 95% of Europe has ever heard of her, let alone ever been a 'fan'
For those of us who remember her at all, it's mostly for the vacuous pop she fronted the music videos for, her not-cute-but-actually-a-little-disturbing shtick about living in 'Hollyworld' &, more recently, her support for an anti- Covid vaccination group. So to see her in a photo with Trump & Nigel Farage is only surprising in that somehow, her billionaire husband wangled a photo-op after some dinner thing for similarly right-(wing)minded delusionals... & certainly not any kind of 'shock' to either those who have heard of her, or those who wonder who the hell she is
Still... click-bait is click-bait & even though my intention was only to shine a light, once again, on the First World's obsession with vacuity & the bottom-rung media's role in creating & sustaining it, in the end I still clicked on the article, so they win
I feel hollow... & a little dirty after all that