Heat's dropped (Heat Magazine)

Member Name: byblox

Product:	Heat Magazine
Date:	04/10/08 (56 review reads)
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Advantages: Pithy comments

Disadvantages: Uncomfortable

I think that Heat is steadily going down the tubes.

You can even see that the quality of the paper it's printed on has changed. I used to read Heat religiously every week, it was so entertaining and very funny. The purpose seemed to be puncturing the whole self obsession of celebrity and it was fun to observe.

Then came along all the imitations, magazines that were such blatant rip offs, even using the same features, typescript and graphics. With the competition Heat still stayed at the top and did its job well.

Of recent times the overall quality has dropped hugely, it's no longer a must buy for me. I know its not Time magazine, it's fluff and pap and I know that I'm contributing to the whole 'celeb' industry by buying it, or I was.

A few things, Heat's skinny obsession, trumpeting who's got too skinny one week and then printing pictures 'celebrating' curves the next, then the sly 'aren't they fat' pictures the next week about the same people and so on. The weird Jennifer Aniston boyfriend obsession, someone on that mag needs to get over that one, obsessive. The whole Britney thing too, I know that Heat is far from the only celeb mag but it did basically take part (however tacitly) in the harrassment of a mentally ill woman.

Summary: The end of celebrity culture?