It was Friday, but to several movie-goers who continually throng the nations leading movie joint, Silverbird, it’s an all new movie day. Speculated to possess the finest motion pictures yet to be witnessed in any GH movie, it attracted the crème de la crème from the entertainment industry. Effusively represented was the “Paparazzis” whom inadvertently I place on the spotlight in my article.
As news of demeaning acts by a couple of the nation’s highly admired characters appear to be engulfing the entire nation and beyond, the nation’s capital has emerged to be in a state of permanence. This is Accra, a cosmopolitan city filled with persons of diverse cultures as well as ideologies. Life isn’t relentlessly brisk, leaving city dwellers legroom to catch up on anything that matters to their survival.
I have always been upbeat about the phenomenon of celebrities principally due to my optimistic revolutionist nature. Being a celeb could be fun and enjoyable aside the fame and favors that accompany it. With a thousand and one eyes focused on your every movement, celebrity status occasionally becomes tricky and frustrating more especially when one looses his/her privacy and yet expected to manage the influential power that rolls in.
On the other hand, celebs should be perfectly equipped to represent a paradigm shift with their natural positions as role models and pacesetters. Get a celebrity to approve a concept and see how many figures will root for that without critically accessing the benefits of such initiatives. These circumstances perfectly highlight the necessary reasons why people tirelessly work towards becoming famed personalities; to receive enviable attention, boundless recognition and populous endorsement.
The above paragraphs represent my candid interpretation of a celebrity before getting my first shot at radio as a freshman in Uni. Several years of my active contribution to the trade with my pen persistently poignant across my pad, I have noticed unimagined facets of stardom but without shock. The city plays host to a group of Paparazzis dotted across the showbiz fraternity to other areas. These aren’t the scandal-seeking photographers known in journalism if I should be mistaken.
Truth be told, there are too many self styled celebrities parading the streets of Accra. From the media through entertainment corridors to the corporate world, these can be found all over. The media circle has witnessed far too many charlatans carrying themselves as journalists. With “sham” titles and their supposed media outlets which have remained only on paper, they hop from one spot to another in their selfish interest.
To tag such individuals as an embodiment of ignoramus will certainly be far from abhorrence. Not only do they bring the journalistic trade into disrepute, they dent the image of focused minds within the trade. The least said about other unabashed folks hidden under certain media umbrellas, the better! You wonder how people elect themselves as “gate keepers” of the industry in a jiggaman style and put out crappy articles. Tabloid journalism can’t be accepted and the earlier they are told off, the better for our puny industry.
Come to the pure entertainment field and you can’t afford to miss out on the new wave of “Jacket Fellas” of the nation’s capital. They include a wider syndicate of obsessed folks craving for stardom. From event to event, they would show up only to exhibit out-of-this-world mannerisms all calculated to win them attention and recognition. Their actions can only be equated to deceit and swindle.
Imagine this dude who fruitlessly tries to carve a niche for himself, always spotted in a jacket irrespective of the day nor the time. It is uncertain his career path but holds himself as an industry don. Though rumored to be borrowed cars, he has driven the finest of cars within the past few months. So one wonders why he will have to scheme such gimmicks just to grab attention. Such wishful thinkers parading themselves to be the icons of this era should be considered as victims of identity crisis.
To be continued…
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