DALE WILKER, ESQ
SCV: What do you do?
DW: I’m a lawyer.
SCV: What type of law do you practice?
DW: Federal, civil litigation.
SCV: Which means?
DW: I coddle criminals, or to be exact I prosecute violators of the constitution.
SCV: Are you famous?
DW: Well, I’ve been quoted by various news services like the NY Times, NY Post.
SCV: Interesting. What is fame?
DW: Being publicly known, for either good or bad reasons. I don’t think it requires any particular accomplishments to be famous, just an ability to be noticed and publicized.
SCV: Would you agree in the past it took some measure of talent or achievement to be famous?
DW: I think it’s up to the media to make someone famous. There is more media today than ever before, so that certainly helps. Having accomplished something useful or good isn’t necessarily a reason why the media gives someone attention.
SCV: What is celebrity?
DW: It’s an ersatz type of fame.
SCV: Meaning?
DW: It’s a public awareness of who can be taken to a token level of fame and ubiquity. Even the Ancient Greeks had stars. I think a celebrity is deemed to be prescribed with extraterrestrial qualities. An unapproachable person. Something that once used to be reserved for Gods, royalty and movie stars.
