On 1/20/06, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I take your point about Nimoy's singing, but how is he not a celebrity? ;-) >
I think you've hit the nail on the head, Cotty (did I actually say that Cotty made a salient point? <g>) In fact, what he is, is a "professional celebrity". He's got not discernable talent, but he's famous for who he is (or "was" - he's dead, no?). Kind of reminds me of Zsa-Zsa Gabor. I could never figure out what she did to be famous. A couple of really bad B movies? Married a celebrity or four? Is that enough to make her famous? Well, maybe, but the fact is she became a professional celebrity. Game shows, talk shows, in the tabloids; not for talent or accomplishments, just for ~who~ she is. I think guys like Nimoy, while not as extreme as Zsa-Zsa, come close to that category. I mean, riding on the coat-tails of a mediocre 40 year old sci-fi tv show that lasted, what, a 3 seasons? <g,d&r> cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
