Assignment 1-4-4 Written Analysis Heroes and Celebrities

Assignment 1-4-4 Written Analysis

Heroes and Celebrities

Our concept of heroes and celebrities are started at an early age when our parents planted us in front of the television to watch cartoons.  From cartoons we got our first glances at super heroes such as Batman, Superman, and Spiderman.  Who could not forget seeing Superman flying around his in red cape and how it inspired us to tie our little blankets around our necks and pretend to fly across the furniture.  As defined in Profiles of Popular Culture, a hero is “spiritually and physically” role models (Browne, 2005).  Superman and Batman have been around for centuries and many different types of cartoons have been made to display them through those generations.  But the concept of those heroes never lost its meaning and the inspiration it gives to from child to adult. 

Cartoons also have a certain celebrity status in that their popularity is part of our popular culture.  Famous celebrities are often used for voices in cartoon animation movies such as Toy Story series.   Sometime this is all the work some celebrities can find when times are tough in between movies.  Musicians can also get a boost in the celebrity status by performing all the music for animation movies such as Elton John did for “Lion King” and Bryan Adams did for “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron”.  Both artist used their talents to provide soundtracks to these cartoon animation movies and made them popular in society. 

Browne, R. B. (2005). Profiles of Popular Culture. Madison, Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press. Retrieved October 20, 2012