The Game

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While, The Game, by Ken Dryden, speaks of many advantages in stardom it also highlights the prominent life long commitment that one must make to their image and the toll it can take. Dryden speaks of how he feels trapped and that he can never get away from "an image of [himself] that isn't quite real;" smiling, shaking hands, and autographs. Even after all the years that have passed the author acknowledges that he feels guilty, a "co-conspirator to a fraud." While many people are familiar with donning a mask,from time to time, to please their family and friends, to live one's life as a grand masquerade - I could not image the toll it takes on a person.

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[bodanna]

I've often felt that I have little to no sympathy for celebrities; that they choose to live that type of life. I would never take a sob story about being famous from a family like the Kardashians; though I find their show hilarious, what are they famous for anyhow? Ken Dryden was an NHL player though, he did not choose to be a celebrity, it just comes with the gig. He speaks of his education, do you think he is too smart to play the "image" game?