Moral hypocrisy: Why are our celebrities so nice?
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The Times
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🗓️ 12 December 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Are we living in a world where there is pressure on those in the public eye to exude virtue above all else? Where has this sensibility come from and is it leading to a blandness in our arts and culture?
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| 0:00.0 | When I was allowed, we liked our styles to be badly behaved. |
| 0:09.0 | When people say, I've never smashed up a hotel room. |
| 0:12.0 | Yes, well, creed in one place. |
| 0:16.0 | Next question. |
| 0:17.0 | No, no. |
| 0:18.0 | What was the road worth? |
| 0:20.0 | Shit. |
| 0:21.0 | What's it really? |
| 0:22.0 | Heavens. |
| 0:23.0 | You can write me a little bit. |
| 0:24.0 | What about you girls behind? |
| 0:25.0 | You're right. |
| 0:26.0 | Are you dead or anything? |
| 0:27.0 | Are you... |
| 0:28.0 | These days, not so much. |
| 0:30.0 | Now it seems every hero of sports, field, screen and stadium has to be a role model. |
| 0:37.0 | Kind animals, sweet to their parents, polite to the public. |
| 0:42.0 | They must be good people. |
| 0:45.0 | But why has this changed happened? |
| 0:48.0 | And is it healthy? |
| 0:50.0 | The most popular, most lucrative cultural expression at the moment |
| 0:54.0 | is this very binary view of good versus bad |
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