Silent Movie Star

  • Author

    Johanna Reich

  • Country

    Germany

  • Production year

    2008

  • Type

    video / experimental video

  • Category

    Artwork

  • Tags

The Beautiful People Syndrome is what happens when you watch too much TV. You begin to believe, or expect, regular people to act, behave, and look like television stars. Does TV imitate life, or does life imitate TV, or do both happen? Television images portray people as beautiful, smart, wealthy, quick-witted, creative, instantly compelling, and exciting. Television wouldn't be worth watching, for those who watch, if it wasn't unbelievably interesting.

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