That video is a lot more entertaining than watching a bunch of dudes throw a ball around.
Heh, isn’t that what George Kennedy’s character said about the girl washing the car in Cool Hand Luke? 
Exactly. While people are busy scoffing, she did manage to become among the highest paid DJs in the world.
The Mrs. had tears streaming down her face from laughing so hard.
I was horrified at the fact she had a 20lb lasagna in a foil pan, with nothing supporting the bottom.
In case you’re serious with this. The genius isn’t the actual act of DJ’ing. Paris has proven herself to be quite good at marketing herself.
Well don’t waste your time with us plebs Bo, go out there and make your millions if it’s so easy to do.
I can certainly get behind a MAHA presidential campaign to restore America’s global credibility.
Ah, yes: the personal attack! The last stand of the defenseless position!
Why don’t you explain the difficulties that a young, ultra-rich, ultra-famous, ultra-attractive woman might face in trying to become a hugely successful DJ, as opposed to the difficulties that a young, attractive, non-rich, non-famous woman might face? Because the latter succeeded without hardly even wanting or trying to.
FFS, Paris Hilton is the epitome of everything that every person involved in Rave culture wants to be. It wasn’t hard for her to become a successful DJ at all. It took almost zero effort on her part other than simply showing up for the gigs and being conscious.
I’m happy to look at what you have to bring to the table, tho. What do you have to show the struggles, trials and tribulations of Paris Hilton as she worked her way from shitty frat parties to looking down on Paul Oakenfold? :dubious:
Look, I like Paris Hilton. I even think she’s fairly intelligent. But don’t make her out to be anything other than what she is: a fantastically privileged person who has leveraged that into even more personal wealth and privilege, while providing nothing more than her presence in return.
I’d argue that 90% of children do not reach the level of success that Paris has. Most probably don’t even try.
Yes, she scored a home run from third base. But her having the audacity to be born into wealth is no fault of hers.
And self promotion is NOT an easy thing to do. The market is fierce with competition. She succeeded where others born into wealth have failed miserably.
I think she’s due at least a modicum of credit.
no, and family connections and an inheritance also help
Isn’t that what this whole thread is about? Paris Hilton has leveraged her notoriety into an incredibly lucrative income stream. The point I was making is simply that it has been a conscious choice for her, which she has been very successful at, and is therefore indicative of being an intelligent person. It sounds like you agree.
What’s interesting is that there are people here who are criticizing her for merely inheriting her wealth and people are criticizing her for working for her wealth. She probably could have pulled off a trust fund lifestyle, but apparently she had greater ambitions.
Now, you may mock those ambitions because you don’t find her ‘schtick’ to be any good, but I think it would be foolish to mock it because you don’t realize it’s her ‘schtick’. Andy Kaufman did the whole ‘outrageous person, and you don’t know if he’s being sincere’ thing, too.
I spent a few minutes googling her DJ career. She got destroyed the first time she DJed in public. The crowd booed and the media was promoting the fact that she sucked and didn’t know what she was doing. She actually had to learn how to DJ, how to make her name something that was a draw for people when she DJed. I imagine that is the case today, because she doesn’t have a TV show anymore, and while she’s a “name”, it’s just as easy for that name to kill you as save you. It’s not hard for a celeb to become a has-been working for scraps.
Yes, particularly when she started using a potato masher and a barbecue spatula to mash the meat up in the pan into a paste. I can only imagine that, with no herbs, a sprinkle of salt, and all that boiled goo, that this is almost the most tasteless lasagna in the history of such things. I’m sure her friends tell her that she’s “a great cook” because they want to be on her ‘A’ list.
Yes, I’d imagine that a lot of people, and especially the media, want these rich progeny to be absolutely terrible. It generally doesn’t make a lot of news when they tend to be good at things - so it does seem like Hilton worked at it and became reasonably good at the DJing job.
Are you insinuating that I give a rat’s ass about jock events? :dubious:
I think that was exactly the point of the video. It’s supposed to be over-the-top clueless and not meant to be taken seriously. It’s just a schtick. Essentially, a troll job. If Paris Hilton actually made a real video of herself making a lasagna properly, it would get nowhere near the notoriety and hits this does.
I think the point of the video was to sell her merchandise. It sure looked to me like she was trying to sell the tea towels, perfume and other tchochkes she was playing with.