chase5's Blog

So I just skimmed the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly.  It talks about Daniel Radcliff, that kid who plays Harry Potter, being nude in some play.  It's a quite a story.  I just have to wonder a few things.  Didn't he do this last year?  I don't know, but I guess there has been a lot of negative feedback about it.  They think it's wrong that this childrens icon would appear nude.  I don't really think people should judge him for it. 

 Sure he's Harry Potter and all, but I think those kids in the movie worry about that being all they will be remembered for.  He's just trying to prove his adulthood. He's not that twelve year old with glasses. Most people typically don't use that as their solution, but he has been growing up in the public eye for the last eight years.  I'm sure it was fun to go through puberty for all the world to see. 

Most teens, older teens,  and young adults do stuff like that just for the shock value.  Young people are very naive about stuff like that.  They say they smoke, get piercings, sleep around, dress a certain way, and pose nude because that's what they want to do.  No!  They do it because they want to be shocking and because they are morons! I think his motives are different though. 

Plus he probably appreciates art. Physically he really has grown up.  There were still shots in the magazine.  That guy is ripped.  I'm sure he has mentally matured to especially with a high pressure job like that.  That girl who plays Hermoine thought about resigning her role because she thought that would be all she would be remembered for, and that kid who plays Ron was in some other movie.  Sadly that probably will be allthey are remembered for in the public eye.  That Hermoine girl should just finish out her role.  They are making so much money of off it.  If they  save some of their millions they'll be multi-millionaires by the time they retire.  Honestly they could work fast food the rest of their lives and still be rich when they retire. 

So what if that's all they're remembered for?  Someone did an exercise with me a few years ago.  The lady asked me a whole bunch of questions as to whether I knew about these people making these huge accomplishments.  The next set of questions was about people I love and people who influenced me.  My loved ones were the only ones I could name.  No one else in the group knew the names of those big shots either.  Really when you die it's  going to be the people you love and the lives you've touched that remember you and appreciate you the most.  Sure people have influenced the world and names are remembered, but it's really most important to look at the lives you personally touch.  They will honor you the most.  Not to say that you should not try to do things for society because everyone should do their best to give something to the world, but  that's how I would look at it in their situation.