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Y: What would you say your attitude towards celebrities, Don?
D: Do you mean whether I like them?
Y: I mean are you obsessed? Do you spend hours on the Internet trying to find out what their favorite nail polish color is and whether they believe in hypnosis?
D: I'm fond of The BeeGees, but I don't think they wear nail polish and I could care less what they think about hypnosis.
Y: Okay, do you believe in a just world, that life is fair?
D: I can't pick up a newspaper without reading evidence that life is not only unfair, but often cruel.
Y: Good. What I mean is that psychologists have found that people who believe in a just world are more likely to worship celebrities, whereas people more critical of society are less likely to obsess over a celebrity. People who strongly believe in a just world believe that life is fair, that good things happen to good people and bad things to bad people. People who believe in a just world are expressing acceptance of society and its institutions. Since the celebrity system is one of these institutions researchers suggest that it makes sense that those believing in a just world would be satisfied with how celebrities are made and thus more likely to admire and even obsess over them. Vice versa, people who do not believe in a fair world might resist worshipping celebrities, and in fact question or criticize the system that produces them and decides who gets to be a celebrity.
D: Don't get me started.
【生词注释】
celebrity n. 名声; 名人
obsessed adj. 心神不宁的
nail polish 指甲油
hypnosis n. 催眠
a just world 世界是公平的
evidence n. 证据
psychologist n. 心理学者
worship v. 崇拜, 尊敬
institution n. 制度
vice versa a. 反过来的(也是一样的)
