Real Men and Women vs. Celebrities

There's been too much focus on celebrities and celebrity images this past week for my taste. As Dennis Prager says, there's a difference between fame and importance. But I have to admit that the number of celebrity deaths during this period was unusual. More on them later, after I think some more.

The departed celebrity who got the most media coverage also seemed the most dependent on careful development of an "image". It is estimated that sixty percent of news coverage was about Michael Jackson during part of the last week.

Via Maggie's Farm, American Digest and WSJ's Photo Journal, a truly candid photo taken when there was no time to think about "image": What a real man looks like. Top photo, read the caption. Description of what happened after the rescue:

And then, for the man reaching out his hand, Jason Oglesbee, and the others involved in the rescue, it was back to work on Wednesday, "We have a bridge to build here," the supervisor said as his men went about their business. -- Des Moines Register

Next photo down in the same link, real men and women in development.