FAME TAG

The concept of celebrity has undergone a strange transmutation, especially since the advent of so-called 'reality TV'. I'm not talking about the kind that looks for persons with talent, but the kind that follows the exploits of people who, as far as I can tell, were smacked smartly upside the head with a ball-peen hammer just before the cameras were turned on.

I have a proposal.

How about something called 'Fame Tag'? I haven't got the details worked out, but whoever is "it" is famous. They are followed by the paparazzi, reported on ad nauseam, appear on talk shows, lied about in the tabloids, flattered to the point where they lose contact with reality, and generally lavished with unwarranted praise and criticism about the minutiae of their lives until... TAG!, somebody else is it.