Here, Daily Nexus contributor Jason La presents the idea of changing our attitude towards the overpaid celebrities. He presents the problem and offers feasible alternatives to our normal behavior that will aid in turning around this situation regarding the outrageous financial gains of public figures.
Personally, I find La's perspective to be a refreshing one. Angry articles that vehemently blast Hollywood up one side and down the other are a dime a dozen, but very rarely is there a constructively critical take on the issue. La is also very balanced; his proposals are achievable, not "let's all hold hands and sing kumbaya under the oak trees while the bulldozer approaches". Hopefully, more people will latch onto this idea of balanced, positive action in regard to changing the way celebrity payroll is handled.
Your response to this article is very well organized and constructive. You do a great job of summarizing the article as well as stating your own opinion of the matter. Although you state that we should do something about overpaid musicians and celebrities, but you never state what we should actually do to contribute to the growing problem. What is your take on it? What do you think that we should do?
ReplyDeleteRachael, you are an awesome writer! You're writing is very tight, very organized. You get to the point and don't add any "fluff," which I think you easily could have done. What's really cool is that you were able to add humor and a relaxed voice while still sounding intelligent. Not everyone can do that. While this post is really well written, I think it would be stronger if you stated what it is that you think people should do about celebrities being overpaid. If you don't know, state that it is a complex matter and you simply don't know.
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