kitakaze wrote:I just don't get fans who think their celebrities should be held to an image or something...or that there's something wrong with them not being like their characters.
I agree with you. I guess that's why their profession is called "acting". Nobody is surprised if an actor who plays a villin is really a nice guy.
Admittedly, like nearly everyone else, I share somewhat of an interest in the details of actors' private lives, I none the less do not hold them up for idol worship. I think a lot of this is generated by a press that refuses to offer real news and finds it easier to give lowest common denomenator coverage, amongst a host of other social problems that for lack of time, interest, or inclination, I will not get into.
My only problem is with obsessed fans who need to just accept these actors as people. Just because they are on your tv every night doesn't make they your close friends, lovers, or whatever. That is stalker mentality and it scares me. Actors appreciate your loyalty and desire to continue watching them, that is their bread and butter. But they really are only human beings, frail and with foibles like us all.
Let's see, what is the basic story here?:
Television and movie star, now at age 24 and a responsible adult, has sex before marriage with boyfriend, accidentally gets prego, doesn't have an abortion, decides to keep the baby, and decides to get's married.
Hmmm. Tell me, which part of that is really so bad?
As for an image based on the roles they play, well then, they should have seen it coming with Ryoko. After all, didn't she star in Dekichatta Kekkon aka Shotgun Marriage? :naughty: Should've seen it coming...