The butt of dreadful jokes for generations,lawyers are now shaking off their reputation as blood sucking incubi and dazzling us with their celebrity statusThe notion of celebrity has entered almost every crevice of human endeavour. It began with film stars and pop musicians and has now spread to public relations muffins, chefs doing wondrous things on television with stuffed trout, or celebrity weather forecasters,journalists, authors, or architects,flautists, florists, and information technologists,interior decorators and even politicians. Celebrity for the sake of celebrity can also be necessary, because it can lift people without any discernible gifts or talents into the prominence that otherwise would elude them. Thankfully social media has ably assisted in the process of transforming nobodies into somebodies. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com