Godzilla has a Star
Yes, I know he has always been a star, but now he has one. Godzilla was honored with his own star on the Hollywood walk of fame. The requisite photo-op showed some guy in a rubber Godzilla suit lowering his star into place. Grown men and women interviewed at the ceremony were quoted as saying things like “Godzilla is my hero.”
OK, now I realize that I don’t live in the same reality as everyone else, but in my reality, this really makes no sense — even for Hollywood.
Who are they actually “honoring” here? The star did not go to the creator of Godzilla or the guy who wore the rubber suit. (Apparently the same guy did it for decades.) or the writers or directors. It went to a fictional character. In fact, it turns out there are actually six other fictional characters so honored.
It seems the concepts of “hero” and “honor” have pretty much vanished.
In fact, I think they really should give a star to Frankenstein’s Monster. Frankenstein’s Monster (Frankenstein, by the way, was the monster’s human creator) was a creation that took on far more importance and fame than its maker and ultimately brought about his downfall. And in much the same way the Frankenstein’s Monster overshadows Frankenstein, they both overshadow Marry Shelly, the actual human being who created them both.
Fantasy has become more honorable than reality.