Reality TV show star Jane Goody’s life was like a fairy tale indeed. It was a rag to riches story. It was story of a girl with little education who had dysfunctional parents. It was a tale of a foul mouthed attention seeking reality show star always scorned, mocked and loved by the media. Jane Goody cashed on anti-publicity to become a celebrity and lived out her entire life in media glare. Her cancer and her death too became a tragic reality show.
Jane Goody was all of 27 when she finally silently succumbed to painful cervical cancer. Yes, she did cash on her publicity and her anti publicity but it could never really buy her peace and little more precious time with her two sons and newly married husband. She courted controversies and was even hated by public and the media. But till the very end she was pursued and finally even loved by the same entertainment world.
Modern entertainment world is very unkind indeed. It just catapults ordinary men, women to a celebrity status and dumps them the next day. It weaves a fairy tale and cashes on TRPs. But never before a fairy tale has ended so tragically.
Via BBC
