I have my own theories, but what do you think?
- I mean revere like, they admire them, people post pictures of them, etc.
2006-12-13 14:22:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
They led short dynamic lives and died young. Part of the admiration is for what they achieved in their lives and also what might have been had they lived longer.
Also, some people feel the loss of a young star or celebrity very personally and are working the wish to say goodbye, as well as their need for closure, out in a public way.
2006-12-13 14:28:45 · answer #1 · answered by Bart S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is nearly impossible to group Cobain and Guevara in the same topic. Cobain had a great talent yes, he was a very talented musician sure, but he never gave his life to protect the ideals that he believed in. I am unsure as to why people would idolize him. Che can and has been idolized. Unfortunately the idealization of him has gone too far. He hated commercialism and capitalism. These were some of the fundamental ideas that he fought against, yet here are people selling shirts with his face on them. Che wanted equality for all people, not his face on a t-shirt.
2006-12-13 14:54:03 · answer #2 · answered by bradford 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a little odd to lump Guevara and Cobain together!
Nevertheless, I think that the interest is less in the individuals than in the general attitudes and worldviews that those two men happen to be respectively good at representing.
Guevara was a prolific writer, a high-profile figure, and a more obvious choice for a face to socialism. Cobain happens- through the tragedy of his death, in part- to be particularly useful in representing the disaffected attitudes of the generation. I'd say that these figures are more the objects of symbolism than of 'personality cults'.
2006-12-13 14:27:36 · answer #3 · answered by Jim 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have no clue. they were good guys, they done good, and they oughtta be remembered, but the amount of press they get is a bit much, in my opinion. i saw kurt cobain on a magazine cover as "saint kurt" and almost burst out laughing. media was the one thing that he hated more than anything, just listen to "smells like teen spirit"!!
2006-12-13 14:25:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he amuses people.
For god sake, people admire Anna Nicole Smith.
I thinks shes pretty smart for getting 900 million out of a 92 year old, but I dont admire her.
2006-12-13 14:27:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kurt was just a common man who made it, but couldn;t defeat his demons
Che actually felt for the people and split with Castro when there was a difference of ideologies
2006-12-13 14:25:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
One one was an insolent clod who deserved to die, and the other one fought imperialism.
2006-12-13 15:17:03 · answer #7 · answered by Walter 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
subconscious Jungian resonance with people whose personalities are so extreme they border on archetypal.
2006-12-13 15:29:09 · answer #8 · answered by wdstraube 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋