ORORORORO!!! I spend half of my day sleeping! ORORORO!!! Then I sometimes get up and tell you that I am a famous content creatorORORORORO!!! Please don't sleep while driving, dear blue
I love her for bringing a glaring light to "famous for being famous." She played us all and walked off with the bag. But instead of actually opening peoples eyes to the absurdity of it all, she really just created a blueprint for more "useless" celebrities and influencers to come. Paris is iconic but i'm sick of social media influencers in general. Most of them just don't compare and the schtick has lost entertainment value over time
Totally agree. I appreciate her trying to make fun of celebrity culture but I think that she did more harm than good in the end, which is why I'm not going to apologize for admonishing her. Look where we are now... That's why I and so many other people hated the character that she created and performed.
Not to mention with the growing wealth gap, lack of available health care, and unstable economy, seeing young white people spending an entire mortgage on purses and sports cars can get under people’s skin.
Whether you like these women (Paris, Britney, Megan, etc) or not, I think it is amazing that we are moving towards seeing them as people with different facets as opposed to the singular image the media tried to press them into.
@@alexsmith2910 removed is a big word. Influencers, tiktok stars, viners etc, are all still very relevant today. The media is full of bullshit, bullies and warped reality. The effects of human entertainment is still relevant, it just adapted to the consumers of different media types. People pad themselves thinking we've overcome shameless glorification of useless stars, but everywhere i look i see, big fake breasts, shameless advertisements of make up and gym rats with "show" abs. Unfortunately even youtube is being filled with these kinds of ugly trends.
Paris and Meghan tried really hard to have just one "facet" and being known for it. However, it eventually blew up in their faces. Britney was never interested in just being famous, in fact, she always (famously) disliked the attention.
@@afonsords I think neither of them were necessarily intentionally one thing at first. After they were “typecast”, so to speak, they just embraced it. The media and the public, they all *wanted* them to be a certain way. Breaking out of that image would have been either near impossible or really career damaging. Megan Fox has talked about this, how headlines and the public have affected her and her image for a long time. And as the video states, Paris represented that what people were clamoring to see. That they need to consume her dumb blonde imagery to feel morally superior. People needed these women to be sex icons, the imagined ideal and incredibly hated simultaneously. Blaming them for trying to survive in a broken system doesn’t benefit anyone.
Tbh the royal family arent "influencers" or "content creators" and they dont have to be in the press or on social media because "out of sight, out of mind" doesnt apply to them. Theyll be relevant regardless. But they are DEFINITELY famous for being famous/rich.
I recently just heard it and I couldn’t even comprehend what I was hearing 😂 it’s less the fact that she released music and more the fact that I’ve never seen anyone acknowledge it till rlly recently.
I saw one thing in her "branding"... She's a mean girl with no actual talent. I never saw her a "dumb" blonde. Anyone with half a brain knew she's not stupid, she chose to use her platform to make being an idiot look fun. How she behaved on _The simple Life_ was appalling and dehumanizing to the people who opened their homes to her. Paris has a type of self-branding that's thoughtless and insincere. She's the master of "meaningless."
Paris had the ability to make fun of herself. The Kardashians make what they do look "important" but Paris only tried to make it look glamorous. And she managed to do it when social media was not as widely used.
To be honest, while she certaintly has an interesting vibe and of course human depth like most of us, she's still a very privileged woman who is a straight up capitalist. She was friends with the Trumps and just like everything she does, i think this deeper more mature image is also something she's selling. And if you read some of the things she said in the early 00's they were indeed dumb, vapid, mean or straight up offensive.
I hate this recent “misunderstood” label that has been attached to her. I think she was pretty much a less heightened version of the person we saw. She definitely wasn’t as dumb as she portrayed but she wasn’t exactly Einstein, either! She had and still has a team that deals with her business ventures. Paris, unlike Britney, courted the attention and even orchestrated the drama. And then there are the Gen Zers on TikTok who have pretty much revived every 00s trend which renewed interest in Hilton after Kim Kardashian made her pretty much irrelevant. I enjoyed The Simple Life as a teen but let’s not portray her to be more than who she was!
You said it. She's rebranding. Which is genius, and that's the point. This kind of celebs are marketing geniuses, she's just adapting to the current times. I have sympathy to an extent, as I'm sure she has gone through some shit. But we cannot keep buying stuff from these people. It's not a coincidence that now that the younger generation is hyper woke and very involved with mental health, is the perfect time to put the spotlight on that. Paris was able to capitalize on it, and came out on top. She was in on the joke, but even other celebrities couldn't handle the toxic culture they created. Britney, Lindsay are top examples of how the 2000's wrecked everyone, even other rich and famous people.
Now she's evolved too the "self-aware reflective adult" who contextualizes her actions, but doesn't truly regret them. Then eventually writes a book about her experiences, cashing in on her bad behavior twice.
And her documentary on youtube, which I am sure she financed in order to stay relevant. She's a narcissist. She doesn't need all that money, but she can't survive without attention like most people on social media.
@@deedee7780 did you watxh the documentary, her goal is making a billion, like wow , why tho ? Being multimillionaraine is not enought rich girl ? How can sympathize with her? Oh poor paris she is not a billuonariee yet :(
Paris also ignores her past of homophobia, racism, and body shaming just like every other influencer :) and uses her "persona" as a scapegoat... but whatever poor rich white lady
The times were different back then, she was no worse than the average American in her prejudices / outlook. It doesn’t make sense to single her out and expect her to have embodied the politically correct narratives of today, when a) she was VERY young and b) it just wasn’t a thing back then. Thank goodness society evolves but there’s no point hating on people for being ignorant in a previous era.
agree that the misogyny around her has always been disgusting, but these paris redemption pieces should always keep in mind how horrendously racist she was back then.. remember how she threw the n-word around in the joe francis videos, and joked about black people being thieves and drug addicts, and about jewish people.. EDIT: oh yeah and she called us gays f*gs and said how gross we were for using grindr and that that's probably why all of us had AIDS (her words), which.. I guess is a comment you can laugh off coming from a friend, but I remember her looking genuinely grossed out in that clip
@Henry Mv yeah, people shouldn't be judged their entire life for the worst thing they did when they were very young, but I don't know if she ever owned up to it or just tried to keep it hidden as much as possible. and it's also interesting that people much less privileged than her to begin with often face worse consequences for doing less (like how isaiah washington was ruined for using a slur around the same time paris did the same thing)
@@m4ri470 maybe not that big of a trump supporter (she didn't campaign for him or anything), but spoke candidly when asked about it and said that she thought he was a good guy, which is understandable because of who she is and her background, they're the same kind of people and likely share more in common with each other than with any of us normals
It takes a smart person to act dumb. Paris clearly knows how to work the public to her advantage, and we've severely underestimated her. She arguably deserves a huge apology.
Hold up... she chooses to act dumb. People believe her. And now she's owed an apology for something? She made a killing off that persona AND shes owed an apology? How privileged must u be to feel someone is owed an apology for choosing to dumb the world and making bank from it?
@@Xara_K1 Yep, nothing against Paris. She played her cards well. But the fact that now everyone is acting as if they owe her something just shows how easy people can be manipulated. Then and now ^^.
"Bimbo Summit" as if the usual summits were more beneficial to society? Speaking of the beauty ideal of the 2000s, can you cover how Renee Zellweger was fat shamed even though her character had curves that swim in Torrid dresses (once in her frame) and that the curves would have been idealized in Hollywood past? Also for Mo'Nique: overdue
I remember Jessica Simpson getting fat-shamed like crazy. They were constantly comparing her to Brittany and Christina. It's really interesting because they and Mandy Moore all went the singer route originally but tapped into different genres
Precisely, Alicia Silverstone also got fat shamed at the Oscars, even though she was, and still is, a healthy weight, in my opinion. Hollywood's beauty standards are quite toxic.
@@trinaq We need a whole ass video or a series. Call it "The Dark Implications of Fat Shaming small and medium women (and how it affects large and plus)
She made that documentary for a good cause, exposing herself and being vulnerable to the public. And this made her stronger than ever before. Both internally and externally.
I don't buy for a second that Hilton was just "playing a character" on _The Simple Life._ She met a older woman whose little dog died, and Paris brought her a full grown great dane with no training. It was done out of cruelty to be funny. She spent that entire show mocking people who had less than her. She didn't help them, she didn't befriend them, she just made fun of them, insulted them, and left them sometimes with damages to their property. THAT was the contribution she chose to show society. I can't get mad at someone just for being rich/famous, but what she did with it is what's disgusting about her.
This !!!! How can people forget she did DAMAGE TO PEOPLE properties pretending to be dumb dumb, never buy that, thats why i didnt like her You are rich, buy them stuffs, dont destroy their things
The sad part is not that there are “influencers” out there making shitty content, but the fact that there are so many people watching that kind of content. It’s all a reflection of our society and reveals how broken our world really is.
Paris Hilton was one of the earliest instances of internalised misogyny I ever had to face in myself. I still cringe at the things I said about her when I was a teenager. I wish I could apologise to her in some way.
Me Too! I judged her harshly because I didn’t like myself and I didn’t know what she was going through internally! If I get the chance I want to say to her I’m sorry.
Misogyny is never ok. But keep in mind that Paris cultivated her persona and milked it for every penny. Besides pretending to be a dumb blonde, she also acted mean and spoiled. She's not a victim. Britney and Megan are an entire different story. IMO they do deserve an apology.
@@mirithilrose54 exactly. She has done soooo much damage to the image of women and she did it on purpose so she could personally profit from it (as if she wasn't rich enough already)
Same! It was her and other famous women that had me thinking and saying horrible shit, when I was really just frustrated by my lack of agency within this misogynistic system, on top of the racism I fought to ignore.
@@mirithilrose54 she was 19 when her partner released the sex tape without her consent. Yes she has been horrible and is a lot of fake, but still no one deserves that treatment that she got. He of course walked away with no accountability.
This rebrand of Paris Hilton is literally nuts to me. All the bullying she did to people back then and all the videos of her running around using the n-word. Nah. Not falling for this...
Thank you. Extremely troubled by this episode of The Take. At this point they cherry picked to push a narrative and glossed over or completely erased the aspects of Paris’ personality-not persona but actual personality-that directly contradict their characterization of her.
I thought this was gonna be a takedown, so I clicked, but noooo - This is as close to an endorsement of celebrity/influencer culture as you can get... WHY ?
I'm actually proud of my mum for not falling into the trap of slandering Paris when she first became famous & instead telling me that with her family's wealth she didn't have the need to work a day in her life but she's a clever girl & made a brand out of herself.
To be fair, stuff like 'Stupid Spoiled Whore' and people calling her a slut were definitely uncalled for. And the sex tape was not her idea because she was taken advantage of by a sleazebag. But I do agree with the song 'Stupid Girls' because even if Paris and Jessica Simpson were playing dumb on TV, it set a terrible example for girls who followed them because they probably didn't know they were playing dumb. As a personal aside, my biggest issue with Paris, Jessica Simpson, Kim Kardashian, etc. was overexposure. I kept hearing about them whether I wanted to know or not and it got irritating.
@@subtlebluntduality5997 i absolutely agree. Harrassing her, or vulgarly insulting her is an absolute no go! But with stupid girls, pink was exposing the people who want to erotisise stupidity, AND the women catering to that fantasy, which i think is an absolute legitimate critique. And yes, they are succesfull, no doubt..which i think says more about the audience than the subject.
@@akshayatayade3599 so basically… they needed Paris. Plus Paris to me is the one that taught them to act with the persona they currently utilize while also taking advantage of urban cultural popularity through ethnic features in a Eurocentric aesthetic to sustain them in an alluring manner that would mold a new era culture of vanity.
Edit: turns out there's some racist shit in her past that she's never acknowledged so I deleted my first sentence that praised her lol I wouldn't call her withdrawal from the spotlight a failure to stay relevant; I think it was intentional because having that much attention on you all the time would be so overwhelming, and she got so much shit back in the 2000's that she was over it
I remember hearing a news report that her family was threatening to cut her off if she didn't chill out. Shortly after that I noticed she stopped showing up in the tabloids constantly. I always guessed that was a big reason she didn't stay in the limelight.
@@LaunchPadMcQuack4Hire maybe that's why she started diversifying her portfolio with all the businesses lol - to have her own stream of income in case she did get cut off
@@kokotzer1210 😂 Yeah I was thinking the same thing when I reread my comment today. Genius is a stretch. She's smart at leveraging what she has, and she started with a lot
Ikr, I bet she lives her life and eventually when she grabs her phone she notice that all those morons who criticized her ended up doing the same thing nowdays but for a more ephemeral spotlight, because when she was in the game she WAS THE GAME
When you don't know that she's acting its fairly valid that people took her at face value. I was surprised at the time how many did. How do we really know she isn't just trying to rebrand herself now to look current again.
Exactly! This is why I don’t pay her any attention. I don’t have time to figure out whether or not she’s lying because there’s literally no way to tell if she’s honest now. Edit: Also, what she did then was “cute” because she was young. Now that she’s older, she wants to be married and taken seriously.
I really don't pay attention to what Paris Hilton is doing today. So I don't know about positive strides she is making or how/if she felt victimized during the height of her popularity. However, I am not onboard with your video essay on her or her persona during the early 2000s. She gleefully played into the role of the ditzy blonde whose only attributes were her ability to be sexy so I'm not here to critique media figures or say she is owed an apology because she was part of the problem from the start.
Paris was a mean girl who even dragged Mary Kate Olsen when Mary Kate was suffering with an eating disorder but y’all praise her just because she is rich and famous.
@@aidafuentesv I see Gen Z praising her just because they want to dress like her ( since the 2000’s bling style is coming back) and be rich and famous like her not knowing how much of a bully she was.
Have you seen the vid of her and her saying saying N with a hard R. God I wish I could find that shit. I used to like her until I saw that. It was in the early 2000's though. Ya know, when we brushed off racism. But I guess we are still doing that in 2021. Big oof with the takes take.
@@TheLeah2344 While I have always adored her camp, larger-than-life side, I am appalled by the way she's glorified in the comments here. Like people are not able to distinguish A from B anymore.
“And they were condemning *her* in order to condemn the cultural trend she represented.” Basically, society used these women as punching bags for all the wrongs in the world. How ridiculous. 😒
Women in general are often treated that way. Basically women are always blamed for men’s moral failings, whether it’s Eve being blamed for eating the apple, or victim blaming girls for dressing too slutty.
I don’t think she failed to move with the times, but that beauty standards shifted. It’s because sex sells and people want to be sexy and lived though people like Paris. Paris had a flat stomach that singers or movie stars aspired to achieve at that time, because low rise jeans and crop tops were made popular from Janet Jackson and Britney Spears. To achieve this look you either had to have unhealthy relationship to food or work out non-stop with a trainer. It was easier just to not eat to maintain the thin figure. Britney also brought back the blonde bombshell look, in which Paris embodied. But styles change through time. I personally feel the raven hair look (such as Megan Fox) with more curves (such as Kim Kardashian) came around to rebel against that beauty standard. Plus, emo punk looks which originally was a subculture that fought against this standard, became more mainstream and helped with that transition. Even Britney Spears herself dyed her hair black to fight her own high standards that she maybe unintentionally created.
Well for one, it's easier to blame a single person than it is for the system *they* created and defend so hard whenever a certain Vermont senator makes noise about what to rewrite it. Another part is that the "wrong" type of person found success throught it. As far as I'm concerned, I don't see a lick of difference between Paris Hilton and Elon Musk, but one won the Capitalism Championship in a more "acceptable" field, so he's allowed to have our praise. Because let's face it, the elephant in the room is "Woman Bad." She had a sex tape, so of course the vast majority of shit people flung at her were gendered insults, "you just slept your way to the top, slut", because again, I guess they like to conveniently forget that Musk and Trump were also little trustfund babies in their own right.
Elon started businesses people respect more. Engineering etc. Hilton tended to do more beauty products and entertainment. Those tend to have extremely vocal critics in media. Many from other females too. Sex tapes always get criticism because women tend to attach "role model" to famous women. Which attracts children. And the role young women get put into tends to be resisting sexual urges at a younger age. While young males honing their sexual prowess is acceptable and somehow seen as healthy. You see the imbalance in statutory rape cases of adult males and young females, vs younger males with adult females. If As for trustfund babies. All 3 of them should be applauded. Their parents atleast. Generational wealth should be celebrated. Asians do it all the time. Thats why in the conversation of "systemic racism" in regards to financial classes, asians tend to be excluded. Since dirt poor asian immigrants tend to focus on generational wealth for their kids at a higher rate than other non whites. Even surpassing whites in areas such as home loan approvals and acceptance in prestigious schools.
Imagine the things Paris could have done with her power and fame. Instead, she gave many young girls body issues, because they couldn't live up to that standard. Not to mention how unethical it is to buy a huge house for your dog, while so many people have trouble paying their bills. She works hard? Sure, but so do people who have to take up three jobs just to put food on the table. And yes, some of the criticism was mysoginistic. That's never ok. But most of it was because of things I just described.
If Paris wrote her memoirs I would snag it up so fast. I was a teen/young adult when she was at her peak heiress party girl persona (I graduated high school in 03) and I could not stand her but I have found myself completely fascinated by how she managed to pull off this persona so flawlessly. After watching her documentary on RU-vid back in quarantine I found myself crying for her, rooting for her, and overall respecting what she has accomplished on her own even though obviously her last name got her through the door and she's very priviledged she doesn't have to work but she does and her self branding is a how to for all modern day influencers.
Reality TV is literally Content Creators on RU-vid. And as long as there are Human Beings, there will always be a voyeuristic fascination for other people, especially Women.
i really like y´all but can u stop glorifying racist, homophobic people? paris never apologized for all the terrible things she said in private (that got leaked). the world (mainly white teenage girls) just decided that she is forgiven for some reason.
I don't know if deconstructing and examining what a public figure meant to a certain era can be described as " glorifying ". I don't think this video sets out to redeem Paris Hilton , at the end of it I' m pretty sure people will have the same feelings they had towards her before they watched the video. Those who loved her ( and are not so moved by the real issues you have raised) will still love her and those who hated her still hate her. What I did get from this video was Paris Hilton s part in the general trend towards the Kardashians and then RU-vidrs and influencer culture. I had never thought about it this deeply and for me that was of value. You can even compare some of the problematic aspects of Paris Hilton to the problematic aspects of modern day influencers today like Jeffrey Star and James Charles etc. I think the point of the video is what does it say about modern American culture.
Wait, she did what??? I kinda lived under a rock as a kid, so although I recognised her name, I didn’t really know who she really was/did. I did see her latest documentary where I did feel so much for her, but I never heard of her being a rascist or homophobe. Could you please elaborate?
@@leetimejournal My take on it is always what does this person expose about the majority of people in America . What does this person expose about their values deep down .I m not going to hang Paris Hilton for the system that produced her ; I'm more interested in the total collapse of the system. It's kind of the same issue on a bigger level with Trump for me ; he is not some anomaly that came from nowhere , he is just a reflection of the American consciousness and that realisation is something that gets lost when we try to push the narrative that Trump was the real problem and not just the symptom.
So when are we going to start calling out Paris Hilton for doing black face for a skit and has said the N-word and has also expressed disgust in a man because he was black and she wanted a white guy? That part of Paris Hilton needs to be discussed.
She's still doing it. Her documentary hit completely differently than Taylor Swift's, for example. I could feel Taylor wanted to get her truth out and show what she's all about, and all the while fighting for the causes she cares about. With Paris, it felt like she was trying to sell her "authentic self" as best as she could, because she guessed that's what passes nowadays. She included snippets of her real life but it really felt like she was still trying to portray herself in a certain way to stay relevant.
No one just props up out of nowhere no matter how privileged, there are situations in society that facilitate the existence of a persona. American society wants to believe blondes are bimbos, she supplied that demand. Americans has a celebrity culture that is fanatical, she capitalized on that as well. She even released products to enter the consumer culture and has investments in tech. She did exactly what all businessman do in essence - supply and demand. She is smarter than people give her credit for.
While the Oscars got less than 10 million viewers, they still got twice as many viewers as other top network TV shows. I think it's the death of network TV.
Before I even watch this video, she’s also a racist, but is now trying to grasp back to relevancy with early 00s nostalgia, which everyone just seems to gloss over and turn a blind eye to??? Y’all don’t mention that in this video though I’m guessing, do you? Oh. Okay. That’s hot.
I don't understand why so much time and energy is spent trying to redeem some rich heiress. She decided to demeane her gender by comforting men's perception that beautiful women are necessarily ditsy, vapid, and just a peace of meat. It's just karma. What happened to the concept of taking responsibility for your actions? If a rich African-American willingly incarnated in his 'personalpublic' life the negative stereotypes society has about his community, just for the sake of making more money, he would be shamed for reinforcing harmful prejudice. That's why many women despise her and her offsprings. We shouldn't feel guilty in pointing out how it's counter to all the decades of efforts to bring society to respect women's intelligence.
It's funny how people in the comments are not buying Paris' "that was a persona" and besides her opening about her story and problems she's not able to erase all the bad things has made and portrayed and all of these is still pointed out. BUT when we talk about Regina George or Sharpay Evans everyone praises them and ignores how mean they actions were (shaming others, showing of their wealth and privilege feeling untouchable, yelling at people, and so on) I know they are fictional characters, but still...
The difference is that these characters were not racist... They also learn lessons at the end of the movies and change for the better. Paris is really not in the spotlight like she was in the 2000s now so we don’t really see if she’s really changed. But with that clip of her basically insulting Lindsey Lohan on Andy Cohen, which is only about 2 years ago, shows she probably hasn’t changed much and is still the mean girl she came off as in 2000s.
the misogyny that was/is around her is bullshit but she's not so blameless at all, and certainly not at the point where we should all collectively "apologize" to her either. It doesn't sit right with me that she acts like her Paris Hilton character was all a big social experiment, as if she hasn't been gleefully offensive and ignorant for years and profiting off of it. Not to mention the unhealthy body image she perpetuated
It's disappointing that The Take failed to mention her history of racist and homophobic comments. Whether she created a persona or not, we can't just gloss over an extremely privileged person repeatedly saying ignorant, hurtful things just because she has shared her own trauma with the world.
Let's face it, not everybody can be famous or handle the fame, you can be very talented, very smart, very brilliant, but that doesn't mean you're going to make it big, you need something more, you need to make people want to see you, and that's what París did. All of us wanted to see her, for critics or because she likes us, but we wanted to see her.
I love Paris. She's the ultimate troll. She convinced the world she was nothing but a vapid & stupid untalented heiress (not really true if you look into her background) while that incredibly intelligent woman was building a friggin empire off of people who bought into it all hook, line & sinker. Kim K. is only where she is now because of Paris. She was the original influencer & boy did she make bank off of that influence. I also think she stepped out of the limelight of her own accord. I think she became sick of how dudes talked to her & just decided to do what she was more interested in; the business side of her empire.
I've always respected Paris's grind. She cashed in on (part of) who she was. I also like how she is smart but knows what sells. She opened the door for so many. Give her her 💐💐💐
I worked on tabloids during this time, and seeing those raw paparazzi videos, she was the epitome of the mean girl. Google her reaction of the firecrotch video. Admittedly she was very young, but she was mean and a bully.
I always liked Paris Hilton... even her music I like... I think people don't understand what she represented in 2000 to 2007. She created so many trends that arrived here in Brazil.
I don't know, just seems like Hilton cashed in on the very misogyny that you routinely point out and condemn. Are we supposed to feel sorry for her or something? She never had to do any of that stuff. It was her choice.
Re: 17:00 I feel like the comparing who watched the oscars to who watched a RU-vid video is not a fair comparison. There are many reasons people are frustrated with the Oscars (racism, the lack of the event being socially distant, the fact that is shut down union station and severely affected people living in LA, and that's just for this years Oscar's) Awards shows as a whole have been shown to hold up antiquated ideals, so yes is it in part due to a new idea of celebrity sure. But it feels disingenuous to go "😔 more ppl watched a Mr. Beast youtube video than the Oscar's where is our culture going :/?" I'm all for criticizing celebrity culture and the idolization of people you have a parasocial relationship with but this isn't..... doing that lol
17:05 - Academy Awards viewership is declining because they became a joke. They are enforcing stupid pseudo-humanistic rules to please loud social justice warriors, so Oscars don't carry the significance they used to. I kinda wish Leonardo would never got one, because it's almost like a stain on his career.
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Tell me why I thought Paris Hilton was a fashion designer lol
My only issue with her and Jessica Simpson was that idea of "playing dumb" when they're really smart aslllll. I've never understood that schtick. Why??? The Take please do a video on Jessica Simpson!!!!
because that's what the western patriarchal society wanted. They wouldn't have gotten famous back then if they were to have shown how intelligent they were while building their brand; society would have branded them as narcissistic bitches that need to get over-themselves. People would have felt threatened by them.
@@user-insightmmmmhmmm...🤔 I'm not entirely satisfied with that explanation cause tons of female celebrities of their time or before them became very successful without "playing dumb".
I don't see how she played a persona on purpose when her acting is so bad to begin with. I still fail to see how she worked hard to make it all happen, it just looks to me like she stumbled into the right place at the right time. She's not dumb but she's hardly the grand mastermind this video seems to make her out to be. Good on her to take advantage of it all and be successful but she's no mastermind, just lucky. I also fail to see how she made it easier to be famous, to be fair it was social media and the growing access to technology, not really her. Again, she showed up at the right time.
17:05 oh noooo dont you DARE blame that on influencers, its hollywood who general audiences got sick off, specially during the pandemic, they had time to re-evaluate and then realized "hey... we dont need this people"
Quite surprised at the comments under this video. She certainly isn't perfect and has the ignorance her privilege gave her. But she certainly didn't asked to be THIS famous either. You can't blame her for the media and their consumers back then - us - being obsessed with her. She attracted light and fame because she was exactly the scandalous female everyone was envious of, decadent and sexualised. Too rich, so rich she'd spend decadent amounts of money on shallow things, but isn't it our problem, not hers, if that's what we like to watch? She was born into wealth and happened to be sexy, but her rise to the sort of fame she got isn't 100% her creation. People helped it, funded it, and then were oh so verbal on how her existence was a shocker! We hate her for being lucky, for being idle, and for liking typically feminine things. If you hate capitalism and women being objectified, it's OK, but do aim your hate at these concepts, not a woman. What an easy target. It's like hating footballers cause they're being paid so much. Jesus. OK to criticise the system but blaming someone for turning it to its advantage, how self-righteous.
The bigots did blame Paris Hilton, not the world per se. She was just a person living her life, unluckily judgemental people have always existed and will always exist. p.s. about the comments I am reading here: blaming Paris Hilton was not good, but glorifying her (for what?) is not a good thing either. Like people can't see shades anymore. Also I love how people tend to think according to what the media tell them. Yesterday was about the tabloids, TV news and the first gossipy websites, today is about the YT woke channels.
I watched a documentary show on Netflix and one ep was about her. She is such a nice person. She loves her fans so much she gives them her phone number. I doubt it's her main phone but still.
I know what you mean - it's like how we overused EPIC or HILARIOUS about a decade ago. But it's funny: by definition an "icon" is just an empty or static image that other people decide is worthy of worship because of its symbolism. It's unintentionally the perfect word to describe celebs, not known for any talent, who are simply vessels for our own insecurities and aspirations!
Paris was the first one that's why; but if it wasn't Paris, there would be someone else. It's only a matter of when. What's funny is how people look down on people like the Kardashians and other RU-vidrs/Influencers but contribute to their popularity.
It feels kind of unfair for you guys to give shit to chat show hosts for treating Paris like a vapid idiot, when she'd always presented herself that way. If you don't want to be seen as a horse, take off the saddle.
She should be the owner of a social media app or something. Help a new platform become the next Instagram. That would only be fitting considering she birthed influencer culture.
The quickest way to lose me is to tap the Paris Hilton keg without addressing her documented history of being racist and anti-Semitic. From her leaked, private use of racial slurs, to her produced, public implementation of Black face, Hilton rendered herself necessary of critical analysis through the lens of race. If your analysis of Paris Hilton is wholly uncritical of her racial politics, then your analysis is unfinished.
