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The author pretty much lost me when when he asserted that the members and audience of Jersey Shore "get it."

From what I gather, the difference between Empire and post-Empire is that the former celebrities became narcissistic because of their fame; whereas the post-Empire celebrities became famous because of their narcissism. Perhaps the other difference is that the former lack the hypocrisy of the latter; they all embrace their celebrity. When they stop cashing the checks, then you can try to convince me they are truly dismantling the fake decorum of celebrity.

Regarding Charlie Sheen - as long as Americans are willing to spend money to watch a train wreck, there will always be train wrecks.

BTW - this is nothing new - Don Henley wrote Dirty Laundry in 1982; Dire Straits wrote Money for Nothing in 1985. We've been self-aware of the folly of celebrity worship and media frenzies for quite some time now.

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