Teacher's Lounge

Monday, December 29, 2008

icon avenger

I came up with a term tonight, I call it the icon avenger...I suppose you would like to know its relevance. ok...Our culture in recent months, years, decades, has placed increasing importance on celebrity in chosing our role models. With this celebrity comes a state of semi-worship. It is almost as if our chosen celebrities act as personal deities/fetishes ie idols. almost like our parents...So when they fall from grace, or when their human frailties surface,,,society feels betrayed, causing it to lash out in great anger...,aahhhh ...the fall from grace, it tends to be a highly polarizing event in our culture. it seems to galvanize class and race friction. The cultural biases are on open display.

So, this is where the icon avenger comes in....The icon avenger chastises society for its incessent need for celebrity approval.

I am trying to think of an icon avenger...