Is the entertainment business too harsh? My cousin’s dream as a little girl was to be an actress. Ten years later, she starred in the The Last Airbender, playing the role of the water bender. As a main character she committed many hours to martial arts training and practicing her lines. However, this is not my topic of concern. I don’t know if its because this is hitting so close to home with my cousin newly entering the entertainment industry, but I am very am worried about the impact the media and the pressure has on child stars
In my honest opinion, I believe that the media is too harsh on their subjects. They expect an image of perfection for people in the spotlight, and if a person has one tiny flaw they blow it up with exaggeration and expose it to everyone. No one is perfect, everyone makes mistakes, allowing the media to wait for one opportunity to turn a little mishap into the next big thing. I am nervous that this newfound media attention on my cousin will impact her in a negative way. For example, in the past the media criticized actress Hilary Duff for being fat when in fact she was not at all, a couple years later she admitted to having an eating disorder. This is just one out of the many examples of media attention having a negative impact on a person. With my cousin being in the media, I am very nervous that negative attacks on her will hurt her self-esteem long term along with impacting her in a negative way.
I believe that the media should focus on the good things people to do as oppose to the miniscule imperfections people have. The media loves to hate people and their ambition to find tiny imperfections will hurt the psyche of the individual permanently, leaving the question, is the entertainment business too harsh on their victims?
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