We should work towards humanising our celebrities rather than limiting them to their on-screen personas
LAHORE: Be it for good or bad, actual news or flak, celebrities continue to steal the spotlight one way or the other. However, media personalities are unfortunately strictly scrutinised. With the breaking of news, the masses do what they are best at — criticise, scorn, morally police and educate showbiz personalities in particular. As to them it costs the least because stirring up a controversy is now only a tweet or a post away.
With the increasingly frequent use of social media, society has marvelled at the art of hurling hateful criticism to the extent where trolling gets under the skin of the targeted personality. Such is the hypocrisy of the public as what is being enjoyed under the cover of entertainment in a film or a drama is mocked at on a social media platform, for instance, celebrity posts donning revealing attire.
However, the question remains, can we as a society be more accepting and less hypocritical of what known personalities do? We should work towards humanising our celebrities rather than limiting them to their on-screen personas and being extremely critical towards them.
Fares Ramez
Published in The Express Tribune, August 22nd, 2017.
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