The suffering of the young

You know how John Waters talked about making his own movie stars for his early movies? I suggested somewhere on this horrible blog that you could do the same thing---create your own YouTube celebrities before you have them star in your zero budget movie. I can't imagine serious actors letting you screw around with their lives that way, but it was a thought.

I read one independent filmmaker who said he didn't do much with opening credits since no one ever heard of his actors anyway. I would do the opposite---put their names in huge letters. Make the audience think they've missed something by not knowing who these people are. They're the inadequate ones, not your stars.

But now I hear that young people are suffering the stress levels of a D-list celebrity because of social media.

Being a celebrity of any kind sounds horrible, but there's something in the adolescent mind that makes it terribly appealing. There must be a way to teach young people the joy of passing through life without having everybody know your business.