Reviews

Review: Starstruck – The Business of Celebrity

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Starstruck
The Business of Celebrity
By Elizabeth Currid-Halkett

# ISBN-10: 0865479097
# ISBN-13: 978-0865479098

Pros:

  • A serious, passionate look at the business of celebrity in America and to an extent other countries.
  • Presents consistent theories and analysis of celebrity.
  • The personal approach of the book helps it avoid pretension and helps communicate its points.

Cons:

  • Shifts in tone at the end of book to discuss the negatives of celebrity is jarring and feels inconsistent.

SUMMARY: Must-read book for most anyone, but indispensable for people in media careers.

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Mice, Technology, and Walt Disney: The Walt Disney Family Museum

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I visited the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco with my wife and some friends, to celebrate my wife's birthday.  I was curious as it is – it's a museum containing a great deal of memorabilia about Walt Disney, and a chronology of his life, and run by his eldest daughter.  Disney's influence on our modern media can't be understated, so I figure a review was in order.

However, after going to the museum I'm going to have to split this review into two parts for you, my progeek audience.  One part will review the museum, the other will deal with some of the insights I had there.

To put it simply, it's a very geeky place – and Walt Disney was, when you think of it, a progeek.

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