Celebrity Stalking in NYC
It’s not exactly stalking if you’re not, you know, crazy, and in New York, the scene is very different than anywhere else because of the loose but visible social structure that guides interactions here. It is a different place to see celebrities than the rest of the world. Things are so close together, and especially people, that there are certain protocols that one just follows here. There are plenty of celebrities in the city, there always have been, but it seems as though the recent surge of tv shows made locally have brought in more beautiful people than usual.
It’s also not a coincidence that interest in the famous people grows whenever the superstars declare New York their home, When John Lennon wore the sleeveless tee, it made the numbers jump for certain, and people wanted to live in the same city as him. That story came to a very sad ending however, and shows the worst price that fame might extract from people loved by the world. But when David Bowie moved to Tribeca ten years ago, it did start moving that neighborhood in new directions. It was a resurgence that it hadn’t seen since DeNiro began transforming his home block.
It’s a wonder to consider whether this might be a time when Bowie might join his neighbor and old friend Lou Reed to see if they might make another Transformer. They could even ask Bono and Daivd Byrne to come and join in the fun, although there’s no room in the city that could hold the egos long enough.
Celebrities are fun, though, and they do help to bring people to NY hotels , where there’s a chance to rub elbows with some interesting and creative people. There’s something about the city, however, that’s very humanizing. It makes it almost impossible to fawn and dote over stars, because up close, this close, in a city this tightly connected, people do start to resemble people again.
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