Saturday, April 05, 2008
America's most overhyped people vol. 1 (the Beckhams)...
I've decided to do some posts on the most overhyped people on the American celebrity scene right now and I've decided to start with a duo that brings overexposure to staggering levels.
First, there is David Beckham. Soccer midfielder and purveyor of brilliantly struck set pieces, who just happens to have model-esque good looks. As a soccer player there are few that are more ridiculously overhyped than Beckham. Yes, he's perhaps the world's finest motionless soccer ball striker, but that is really about all he does well on the pitch. He's an indifferent defender, he lacks pace, and his dribbling is average at best. In other words to use a basketball analogy, he gets LeBron treatment for Steve Kerr skills. Thus far in 1+ seasons in to a 5 year $250 million contract Beckham has played in just 7 games and scored 1 goal with 3 assists. Now there is money well spent!
If the ball isn't moving he's marvelous.
Oh and did I mention he sounds like a cockney hobbit when he speaks? Really he does, check out the Frodo of Footie on the tonight show...
Then there is Victoria Beckham(nee Adams) who is largely a trophy wife and fashionista now. But it wasn't always so, once she was Posh Spice who, along with Baby, Ginger, Sporty, Scary, Happy, Sleepy, Doc and Old Spice formed the Spice Girls.
For the uninitiated the Spice Girls along with L.F.O., Chumbawumba and Hanson formed the League of most irritating bands of the mid 90s. The Spice Girls recorded such hits as Wannabe and Say you'll be there. They also managed to sell over 55 million albums worldwide, which sounds impressive until you realize its also been done by such musical legends as UB40, Enya and Kylie Minogue. They are also credited with popularizing the phrase Girl Power and just generally setting the cause of feminism back by about 25 years.
The pout, the hair, the sense of hollow smugness, it must be Posh!
Separately they are both notable enough to be annoyingly overhyped. Together they are the Wonder Twins of Paparazzi attraction. Not only do they emanate poor taste, they simply must have everything they do publicized; this is accomplished primarily by walking every red carpet they can find and by befriending even more overhyped celebrities(see Cruise, Tom).
Quick find the camera and pose!
First, there is David Beckham. Soccer midfielder and purveyor of brilliantly struck set pieces, who just happens to have model-esque good looks. As a soccer player there are few that are more ridiculously overhyped than Beckham. Yes, he's perhaps the world's finest motionless soccer ball striker, but that is really about all he does well on the pitch. He's an indifferent defender, he lacks pace, and his dribbling is average at best. In other words to use a basketball analogy, he gets LeBron treatment for Steve Kerr skills. Thus far in 1+ seasons in to a 5 year $250 million contract Beckham has played in just 7 games and scored 1 goal with 3 assists. Now there is money well spent!
If the ball isn't moving he's marvelous.
Oh and did I mention he sounds like a cockney hobbit when he speaks? Really he does, check out the Frodo of Footie on the tonight show...
Then there is Victoria Beckham(nee Adams) who is largely a trophy wife and fashionista now. But it wasn't always so, once she was Posh Spice who, along with Baby, Ginger, Sporty, Scary, Happy, Sleepy, Doc and Old Spice formed the Spice Girls.
For the uninitiated the Spice Girls along with L.F.O., Chumbawumba and Hanson formed the League of most irritating bands of the mid 90s. The Spice Girls recorded such hits as Wannabe and Say you'll be there. They also managed to sell over 55 million albums worldwide, which sounds impressive until you realize its also been done by such musical legends as UB40, Enya and Kylie Minogue. They are also credited with popularizing the phrase Girl Power and just generally setting the cause of feminism back by about 25 years.
The pout, the hair, the sense of hollow smugness, it must be Posh!
Separately they are both notable enough to be annoyingly overhyped. Together they are the Wonder Twins of Paparazzi attraction. Not only do they emanate poor taste, they simply must have everything they do publicized; this is accomplished primarily by walking every red carpet they can find and by befriending even more overhyped celebrities(see Cruise, Tom).
Quick find the camera and pose!
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