I heard from my son that Benedict Cumberbatch is using his celebrity to speak out for more Syrian refugees being admitted to the UK. I remember seeing something about his live performance of Hamlet being hampered by lots of flashes on phones going off. He spoke out about how it distracted the actors and affected the performances. I guess now he's decided if he's going to receive this amount of attention it might as well be for an important issue, not who he's dating. In our fame based culture, at least some targets are speaking up about clean water, domestic abuse, women's equal pay for equal work and other concerns.
If it's a crazy world, let's transform the craziness into action to help other beings. It's just a fact that these celebrities have huge power, and if we're seeing it on the negative side with Donald Trump, we're also seeing a positive, less self-serving impulse to direct attention away from the star and toward the person in need. Is the glass half-empty or half-full. Only you can decide.
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