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Are actors good role models? Though we all say that we shouldn't emulate actors, the fact of the matter is that actors have a lot of influence. And they influence our culture and values as well to a certain extent. Especially when we're younger and more vulnerable to the messages and values they send across.
I personally don't think actors are good role models but they try too hard to portray a certain image and often their words and actions are contradictory to their image and what they say. I admire actor's works but I don't respect them and look up to them as role models but I find most (if not all) actors are not genuine and are quite hypocritical and too busy playing up to an image. Blame it on the pressure of the industries, but still it's true.
The reason why I'm asking this question as I've seen a lot of blind fans on social media. Blind fans who over-praise their actor's character and do not call out their idols when he or she does something hypocritical and even wrong. Blind fans who take any criticism about their idols as insults and defend their actions and words to the high heavens when they are wrong. Do you think fans are too involved in their idols' lives? Do you think fans need to learn to step back and stop looking at the actors as idols and role models? How and when do you think such a change can occur? Should actors also play a part in this?
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