Hurricane Paris

The whirlwind that is Paris Hilton just keeps gaining momentum. Even I must admit that her second single of her album is very easy on the ears and quite catchy. Ever since her little home video made its big appearance to the general public she's suddenly the new golden girl. The horror of it. She's promiscuous (allegedly), extravagant (apparently) and not the sharpest tool in the shed (believably). Not exactly the best role model for kids and teens.

Imagine your daughter saying she wants to be just like Paris Hilton. If you hadn't keeled over with a heart attack, smack her around the head a bit and lock her in her room. The last thing anyone wants is a promiscuous, extravagant and low IQ girl for a daughter. You don't worry about sons. Your sons will just want to fuck her and spend her money (unless they're gay then we're talking about Ricky Martin). That's fine. Unless you want him to be perceived like Kevin Federline is. How Britney must be regretting the wild backstage parties after a show. Going slightly off topic, one day she'll get to dig up old photos and show the kids exactly where the came from (if you don't already know about her gone-commando-upskirt-shaven-punani pictures, where have you been?).

Anyway, back to Paris. She's done some movies, some modelling, her TV show and her music career is already a resounding success. We're buying in to the phenomenon that is Paris Hilton. And Paris wannabes? Get real. To be Paris Hilton you have to first (other than being female) be born not just with a silver spoon but the entire bloody cutlery set as well. Strike one. You have to be as attractive as she is. Strike two. And you have to have her clever manager, marketing people and publicists. Strike Three. No one is going to be like Paris Hilton. The closest most girls get to Paris is by being promiscuous, extravagant and silly.

The big question is, is Paris really as dumb, stupid, silly as she makes out to be? All in all, in this day and age, she could be quite the astute and intelligent business woman. In this day and age (rampant sex, materialism, bling) she could be marketing herself perfectly for what the general public want. Also, after seeing the 'official' One Night in Paris video, whether you like her or not, you have to admit that she's the victim and the guy in the video is nothing but an opportunistic scumbag. Whatever it is, it launched Parisdom. These days, it's what people want. Remember Britney Spears insisting that she was a virgin? Why is she going public that it wasn't true now? After she and Justin Timberlake split up she was insisting she was still a virgin. How times change. Once desirable women were virgins. These days with the general message being that sex and casual sex is okay, Paris Hilton (definately not a virgin) is IT. And yeah, Justin did bang Britney. Straight from the horse's mouth. Was he paid off to shut his mouth? Was he insulted? Did he understand it was just business? Did he think it was good for her image but not for his? Fuck it. Old news. Who cares?

These days we buy images. People who buy Paris Hilton's CD aren't buying it for the music. They just want to own a piece of her.