The Humiliation Game!

I don't want to name any names, to protect the innocent and the guilty, but it seems to be that much of the game of "celebrity" is actually a grand act of public humiliation.

We "elevate" a group of people so we can then watch them lower themselves for our entertainment. And it seems there is no limit to how low people will go.

And then we applaud, and laugh, and laud these people, and give them our attention, and large sums of money, because they have completely humiliated themselves for us. We reward people for giving up their privacy, their dignity, their grace, their intelligence.

And we grade them, and give kudos to those who endure their complete and total humiliation willingly. It's really a very ugly game. That's entertainment!