It's not clear whether Atlanta, which tackles everything
from celebrity obsession to drug laws, should be categorized as a comedy or drama.
The movie has something to say
about celebrity obsession, although I think (hope) we have not quite got to the point of worshipping a celebrity so much you would pay to be infected with a virus they had or eat meat genetically made from them, as is shown here.
Antiviral is the directorial debut of one Brandon Cronenberg, son of the legendarily twisted filmmaker David Cronenberg, and it
involves celebrity obsession taken to the extremes.
The younger Cronenberg updates the body horror template with explorations
of celebrity obsession and piracy issues.
Promising gripping viewing, Bel Ami is said to capture «a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and
celebrity an obsession».
In many ways, the 2000s were a decade where
the celebrity obsession peaked.
A new boy at her school, Marc (Israel Broussard), starts to hang out with her and quickly learns that she not only has
a celebrity obsession but also an obsession with stealing.
Many artists now use portraits to comment on larger issues, such as individual identity, social inequities, politics,
celebrity obsession — and the genre of portraiture itself.