They’re So Special
link Kim Kardashian Flaunts Cleavage in Sexy, Low-Cut Top & Sassy Blazer—See the Pic! | E! Online Canada.
It’s curious how certain things wind up getting exposure in popular media. By things I’m presently referring specifically to Kim Kardashian’s breasts, as they have managed to burst onto the front page of today’s Google News. I’m talking about the breathless headline you would expect to normally find at the magazine racks at the supermarket ( aka the rack rack ) but which now populates news sites. Even if you were to entirely ignore the unlimited supply of news articles on every topic imaginable and focus only on ‘events’ in pop/entertainment culture, you would think that a story would have to have some point of relevance to make it ‘newsworthy’.
If an alien from another world were to land here and peruse the linked headline, he could naturally assume a number of logical things.
1. This Kim Kardashian person has something, namely cleavage that is a rare commodity, not in abundance anywhere else.
2. Or, her cleavage is of particular interest, like a Haley’s comet or a potato that happens to resemble Elvis in profile.
3. Such pictures are a rarity and readers are encouraged to take a look with all urgency in case it disappears.
4. Or this is the first time that such cleavage has been paired both with a low cut top and a sassy blazer.
5. That this sighting of Kim Kardashian is such an exalted event that it is worthy of front page billing on Google News eclipsing lost planes and sinking ferries.
But if you look at the very short body of the piece, there is no backstory. The mere announcement of this sighting is enough to make the headlines. This is as if the announcement were on par with “Cure For Cancer Discovered”, or “Jimmy Hoffa’s Body Found”. We don’t discover that her cleavage was on display in public for any useful cause, or in the pursuit of some noble activity. It’s as if you looked inside a colorful box and it was empty.
She was just taking them out for a walk. I’m sure I’m in the very small minority who think that this is somewhat lacking in the newsworthiness scale. It’s very possible that the world awaits with rapt attention for any view of Kim Kardashian’s life activities. Hopefully, there will be cameras around when Kim Kardashian gets up from a chair, or takes a drink of water.
So just as a point of comparison, here are some images of some other popular entertainment personalities, all of whom have some claim to talent and ability. Oddly, I can find no news stories about the time that they took their cleavages for a walk. As far as I can tell, that would be equally as headline grabby as Kim’s outing. So we’re missing something. The fact is, there is an entire industry surrounding the on going publicity of Kim’s rather banal life as if it were the most crucial element of western civilization. Somebody must find it all interesting. For me, it’s mildly titillating at best.
