The Game

[trubee]

Published in 1983, "The Game" by Ken Dryden describes his busy and often tiring experience as a celebrity athlete. Dryden mentioned that a "celebrity is a full, integrated life, earned on-ice, performed, sustained, strengthened, and re-earned off-ice". To stand out from the crowd of other athletes on-ice, he would have to train, make memorable saves, and maintain the level of performance. All this takes an incredible amount of dedication and time! Off-ice it doesn't get much better. He would have to comment about the game if he was asked. He would also be pushed to volunteer his off-ice time to hone and improve his image through a variety of ways such as visits to "children in hospital, old folks' home to autograph their casts, shake their hands, make them props to his generosity and compassion" and the "unending autographs, handshakes, and smiles" to the many fans he has acquired. This described the cycle he had to go through constantly to maintain his image.

Comments

[83695163]

I agree with you, the celebrity have to work hard, they life is not that perfect like what we thought.

[taji]

I agree with you, the celebrity image is earned on and as well as off the ice. For him to remain in the spot light, he must do more than make a bunch of fancy saves. That was something I missed when I wrote my paragraph.