“Parasocial” is the word of the week on Twitter thanks to the John Mulaney and Olivia Munn pregnancy announcement (which Sarah wrote about here) but I want to talk about the phenomena of social media intimacy with a celebrity through Andy Cohen. AC is in a unique position because he oversees a reality TV empire but he’s not actually on reality TV (save for reunions). When Real Housewives fans go deep into the drama, they involve him in the petty squabbles and imagine his allegiances. It’s a very interesting thing because although Andy is forever tied to the Housewives, he’s not a day-to-day producer or shaping the storylines. And while he engages with fans (because let’s be real, even the haters are fans), he keeps his perspective about the subculture. In real life he’s friends with very few of them. He’s hanging out with Sarah Jessica Parker, not Kim Zolciak.
Owen Wilson has been added to the Haunted Mansion cast alongside Tiffany Haddish and LaKeith Stanfield. This is all about chemistry. There’s no storyline details but it’s based on a Disneyland ride so with the right people, it doesn’t matter. Pirates of the Caribbean was based on a ride and while Johnny Depp’s involvement has tarnished its legacy, it was (at the time) a surprise hit that overcame bad buzz to become the standard for “rides-as-movies” IP. More recently, it was The Rock and Emily Blunt for Jungle Cruise. I’m no Disney expert but how many rides are left that aren’t already a franchise? In a few years...
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