by Matthew Paul Bailey
Daily Lobo
Paris Hilton is great.
She is one of the biggest celebrities in the world, and I had the humbling pleasure of interviewing the beautiful heiress, who wanted to talk of her already heavily promoted horror film, "House of Wax."
She is a fascinating figure, a shining example of grace for our times. Like me, she is enthralled by the world of fashion. She not only encompasses clothes, but she shares the same beautiful gift as I - the ability to predict trends. This psychic ability is only granted to a rare few.
Miss Hilton allows for the common man to gain insight into the world of the rich and famous, to see the inescapably essential nature of beauty for this generation.
Past generations had Monroe, Bogart, Hepburn, Garbo and Dean, and I cannot live a day without seeing their gorgeous and classic faces emblazed upon multiple handbags.
So for our times we have Paris, and hopefully in 50 years, her face will be on our grandchildren's accessories.
A time is only really summed up by its celebrities - they personify the state of society, its norms and especially its ideals. Celebrities are automatic role models. Paris does this for America and the world in 2005. Paris is our ultimate celebrity and therefore our ultimate ideal.
A very admirable trait Paris carries in abundance is her overwhelming honesty. When I spoke to her on the phone, she cut straight through the Hollywood spin and deceit.
When asked to tackle the difficult issue of the objectification of women in film and to discuss her own sexy scenes, Paris said they remained classy.
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"The scene is done really tasteful, and there's no nudity," she said. "It's just like me in my sexy red lingerie."
Her wisdom did not cease there.
When she was asked why she was given her role in "House of Wax," she said, "Because I look cute."
How right Hilton is. She is quite cute and in today's society, being cute is the most important thing.
Paris makes young girls feel like they can grab their own piece of the American dream, which rates beauty before intelligence and character.
We have slowly allowed ourselves to become enamored with this kind of vacant celebrity ideal. When the men Paris Hilton or Jessica Simpson are having sex with become more interesting to people than politics, you know something is fundamentally wrong.
Over the past few decades, we have allowed ourselves to be tricked by The Man. He has us where he wants us, too caught up in Hilton's clothes, too apathetic and too ignorant raise our voices.
Paris is great because she exemplifies society's vacant and skewed ideals. Hopefully if enough people recognize this, things can begin to change.
But I am not blaming Paris, because she didn't make herself a celebrity. The people did. The powers that be are succeeding in killing mainstream feminism, and Paris is just one of their many tools.
If a generation grows up idolizing Hilton, we will surely evolve into a superficial and ignorant society. Let's bring back celebrities with character, like Muhammad Ali, James Stewart and Grace Kelly.
