[wraymond]

Nor me. Never seen any of them going right back to the first. Always thought they were exploitative, not unlike Roman antics in the Coliseum.

I’m more concerned with the mental fragility in some people who think fame and fortune by any means are some kind of salvation. This stampede of baring your soul, amongst other things, for the delectation of captive passive armchair critics is scary.

The torment in the minds of unsuccessful participants in what is seen as show-business amounts to a conspiracy of voyeurism by producers. The tragedy is the damage to otherwise happy people with so much to offer without succumbing to false ideals.

There must have been extreme desperation in this lovely girl’s heart to do such a thing. Maybe her legacy will be a dose of reality, the real kind.