Girl enters room, boy is sitting at an empty table. Girl sits opposite him.
Girl: Look I'm sorry I'm late, but I'm here now. You got the stuff, right?
Boy: That depends, where's my money?
Girl hands him some money
Girl: Umm so how do you usually.. Do this?
Boy: Just hurry up and take it
Boy passes Girl a packet under the table. Girl opens it, takes a crisp out and eats it, then frowns.
Girl: (Shouting) This is not what we agreed! I specifically told u prawn cocktail!
Boy: Shh! I risk getting excluded just by bringing this stuff to school! This childhood obesity hype is seriously bad for business.
Girl rolls her eyes, gets up and leaves
Thursday 29 September 2011
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My Media - Effect of celebrity influence
Over the past few years, the line between celebrity and fan have blurred. You can now find out the latest gossip about a celebrity straight from the horse's mouth through social networking sites, and read about their personal lives in tabloids (some of which have been a part of the recent controversial phone hacking scandal in their pursuit of the latest scoop). The effect of this is that by seeing so much of celebrities' lives and possessions, people begin to strive to attain a similar sort of lifestyle
For example, over the past year, tourism to Marbella in Spain has dramatically risen, thanks to the 'No carbs before Marbs' catchphrase made popular by the reality show The Only Way is Essex, as well as various paparazzi shots of the cast on holidays there.
However, there is a dark side to this level of obsession. Whilst holidaying in Marbella, Joe Essex (a main character in The Only Way is Essex) had his villa ransacked and all of his belongings stolen. Essex reportedly believes he had been directly targeted because 'they knew about him being on TV and thought he'd have a lot of valuables and money'. A much more publicised story was that of 6 teenagers, dubbed 'The Bling Ring' by the media, burgling the homes of Hollywood stars such as Paris Hilton and Orlando Bloom. The extraordinary - yet rather worrying thing - is that the teens were able to use forms of media to aid the robberies, using magazines to choose which celebrity's possessions they liked, then using gossip blogs to see when they would be out of town and Google Earth to locate their home. When faced with this kind of case, has this fascination with celebrity culture bypassed simple curiosity, and taken a much more sinister turn?
For example, over the past year, tourism to Marbella in Spain has dramatically risen, thanks to the 'No carbs before Marbs' catchphrase made popular by the reality show The Only Way is Essex, as well as various paparazzi shots of the cast on holidays there.
However, there is a dark side to this level of obsession. Whilst holidaying in Marbella, Joe Essex (a main character in The Only Way is Essex) had his villa ransacked and all of his belongings stolen. Essex reportedly believes he had been directly targeted because 'they knew about him being on TV and thought he'd have a lot of valuables and money'. A much more publicised story was that of 6 teenagers, dubbed 'The Bling Ring' by the media, burgling the homes of Hollywood stars such as Paris Hilton and Orlando Bloom. The extraordinary - yet rather worrying thing - is that the teens were able to use forms of media to aid the robberies, using magazines to choose which celebrity's possessions they liked, then using gossip blogs to see when they would be out of town and Google Earth to locate their home. When faced with this kind of case, has this fascination with celebrity culture bypassed simple curiosity, and taken a much more sinister turn?
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