Saturday, February 16, 2008
Evaluating Johnny Carson
It kind of amazes me how a person can play two different roles in life. I'm actually friends with someone like that and it is not pleasant. But Johnny Carson was a celebrity. He was an actor. He acted on camera and then once the camera stopped rolling, he was someone else. I guess in a way ALL people like that are actors. I realize some may not be doing it intentionally because there's something wrong with them, but for others it may be done to put up some form of protection. To not let people know them personally or to be hurt by others. Maybe Carson was like that. But he wanted to break out of his shell so badly that he found a way to do it: on television where millions could experience it. I mean, in some ways, we all play different people. I'm a different person in school than I am outside of it. I've always been like that. It's not something I do intentionally, it's just something that happens. It's part of your personality and you deal with it. I'm a combination of Agreeableness and Neuroticism. Anyone else think they're sort of two different people?
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That kind of reminds me of the idea of how everyone has two people inside of them or good and evil, and it is upto us to decide who we become. I don't know if I necessarily completely agree with that, but it would be crazy to think we could - and could turn it off and on, and people could be two different people whenever they want.
In a way we are all like this, we are one way when we are at home, and then someone completly different when we leave the home. Or we are one way when at our job, and then someone completely different once we are alone. I dont think that this is necessarily a bad quality to have all the time. I relate to it in that sometimes people just need separation in life, one area of your life is separate from the other, so that there is no confusion. I know that with me I am completely this way, Once I leave my job because I am forced to be so social all the time I kindof become very independant and dont really want to interact with others until I have to, or Im ready to. You have to be in a mindset to encounter others.
I agree with Amber, we can all be like this. I can act totally different around the same group of people even depending on my mood. I could get really hyper and have a good sense of humor or get really nervous and quiet. Also our personality around family or friends or strangers can differenciate the way we act as well. I think we all have a little bit of Johnny Carson in us all.
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