Why does a 29-year-old want to broadcast her vaginal monologues to the world at large? Because the media is baying for it? Or because anonymity, more than virginity, is at stake here? We live in times where instant fame lies tantalizingly within reach for everyone, no dress code required, no strings attached. So democratic indeed, that if a Google search can't throw up any information on you, well, you might as well crawl back under the rock that you came from.
Sarah may be pimping her ride to instant celebrity, but it reminds everyone who buys into a glimpse of that private space, that for the moment, when the camera flashes, when those debates air, Sarah, at least for the moment, is no longer anonymous.
The formerly fat line between what is private and public is losing weight faster than Sarah's hopes of twisting the sheets before thirty dwindle. It has been fraying since those wonderfully heartwarming internet broadcasts of babies bursting from the womb in the delivery rooms earlier, to come full circle, with debates about whether networks should air Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's dying moments on national television.
When private life becomes public spectacle, when everyone can milk their secret horrors and joys for an Oprah moment on camera, is there even a Faustian side to it anymore? Who's the voyeur now - the audience, the media, for publicizing it or the participants, who can live their life's significant moments on a stage, welcoming Peeping Toms with open arms? Well for better or for worse, Sarah's almost famous right here, right now. Did you say bad publicity? What's that?
About the AuthorVrushali Haldipur A mini-bite of the Big Apple, with fries to go....Read Morefirst published:September 11, 2006, 20:21 ISTlast updated:September 11, 2006, 20:21 IST
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So Sarah DiMuro wants to lose her virginity, reports the Sunday Times, London. Sarah who? And isn't that way too much information than we need to know about a Sarah we don't know? Apparently not, because Sarah's sex life or lack of it, is a hot topic of discussion on American television networks. A very concerned women's magazine has stepped in, asking its readers to help them 'hook her up,' ably supported by a manhunt on the Internet.
Why does a 29-year-old want to broadcast her vaginal monologues to the world at large? Because the media is baying for it? Or because anonymity, more than virginity, is at stake here? We live in times where instant fame lies tantalizingly within reach for everyone, no dress code required, no strings attached. So democratic indeed, that if a Google search can't throw up any information on you, well, you might as well crawl back under the rock that you came from.
Sarah may be pimping her ride to instant celebrity, but it reminds everyone who buys into a glimpse of that private space, that for the moment, when the camera flashes, when those debates air, Sarah, at least for the moment, is no longer anonymous.
The formerly fat line between what is private and public is losing weight faster than Sarah's hopes of twisting the sheets before thirty dwindle. It has been fraying since those wonderfully heartwarming internet broadcasts of babies bursting from the womb in the delivery rooms earlier, to come full circle, with debates about whether networks should air Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's dying moments on national television.
When private life becomes public spectacle, when everyone can milk their secret horrors and joys for an Oprah moment on camera, is there even a Faustian side to it anymore? Who's the voyeur now - the audience, the media, for publicizing it or the participants, who can live their life's significant moments on a stage, welcoming Peeping Toms with open arms? Well for better or for worse, Sarah's almost famous right here, right now. Did you say bad publicity? What's that?
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