A hysterical video by Funny or Die called “Are You Talking About Beyonce & Jay Z” poking fun at our obsession with celebrities, which rachets up even further when said famous people are married to each other. In the video above, two friends in a restaurant are discussing the “On The Run” concert event one attended, a conversation that quickly devolves into a restaurant-wide debate about the health of the couple’s marriage based on various reports and their on-stage behavior. Fave line: “He basically listed their 99 problems when he performed it, No. 1, she uses too much fan, which she does!”
Besides being a a major industry, our obsession with celebrity also reflects human nature and our desire to chit-chat and analyze other people and their actions. What’s harder to understand is why certain famous folks become so much more of a zeitgeist than others, and why also that obsession appears to have an expiration date. In the ’90s, the obsession with Madonna and her every move was at its height. Now when she’s in the news, whatever she is up to seems to irritate as many pop culture followers as it delights. So if you’re over all the analysis of “Bey and Jay,” don’t worry, it won’t last forever….whether they stay married or not.