Starting Them Youth Documentary Analysis

Lesson one was “starting them young” this was about starting the younger generations young by pulling them in with television ads and teaching them to pick fame. The entertainment industry wants to teach them that fame is the key to happiness and that everyone can become successful in this industry even if this is not true. An example of this in the documentary was when the little kids filmed for X-Piolet TV in the mall, they told parents that their kid would be trying out for reality TV. Many of the parents were okay with it and it was teaching their kids that they are going to become famous.

Lesson two is about keeping the kids hooked, the key to this is to make it seem attainable to become successful. The entertainment industry makes it seem that every kid will be successful even when it is most likely they will fail. The younger the children were the more acceptable it was for those to read into these behaviors. An example that happened in this lesson was Wesley Audrey, a man who saved someone in a subway system. Audrey received a lot of press and stared in a lot of television shows. This made it seem to other people that anyone could become famous and this is how the entertainment industry keeps people hooked on the idea.
This typically happens when fans have the urge to copy famous people they are fans of. If a child obsessed with Hannah Montana they are more likely to want toys, shirts, bedding, and more that involves her. This causes the parents to spend money on her items and this is how the entertainment industry manipulates them for a profit. An example in the documentary was a little boy was becoming famous and everywhere he went people recognized him, multiple companies and entertainment gigs used him to increase their profit because people that were fans of him were more likely to spend their money on something he was involved