Story about a Remington Steele Fanatic - Essay Example

She ordered all 5 seasons of the show from Amazon and watched it over and over until I finally had to do an intervention and tell her parents to threaten to take away her DVD player privileges. I knew it has got out of hand when she started to quote dialogues from the show's episodes as life lessons and spoke about Laura Holt and Remington Steele, characters from the show, considering them as real people. I needed to get her away from the show's influence and fast. I thought she began going down the deep end and I did not want the responsibility of becoming the one who turned my sister into a person obsessed with a television show.

            But as I continued to observe her in the virtual world of Remington Steele that she had discovered on the internet, I came to understand that I worried about something that did not exist. My sister had joined a fan community online that gathered together twice a week to talk about the show and its stars, Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan. These people shared the same interest as my sister, and the story of the shows and their stars influenced all of them well.

            Vangie's fanatical following of the show and her friendship with other die-hard fans of the show even helped my sister develop a sense of self-confidence and a self-challenging attitude that she did not have before. Before discovering Remington Steele and connecting with its other fans, my sister, an introvert, did not have many social skills and did not have any interest beyond using the computer for playing internet games. But these people encouraged her to make fan videos, write fan fiction, and even start a blog about the show. Somehow, my sister found the courage to try all of the activities that they suggested to her.

            Now, the Remington Steele fanatic has her video channel where she shows off her Remington Steele-centric fan videos. She has even managed to get Judith Moose, the publicist of the show's female lead Stephanie Zimbalist, to watch one of her fan videos, and Ms. Moose left her a glowing review. She also has a fan blog tribute to Ms. Zimbalist on blogger.com, quite an international following at the time. Today, Vangie helps promote the comeback movie of Ms. Zimbalist via her blog in cooperation with the producer of the movie Hamlet's Ghost.

            In conclusion, I would say I consider my friend's fanaticism with the show Remington Steele as a very positive experience for her, which has helped her come out of her shell and participate in the real world in a manner that she enjoys and benefits from. I guess not all fanatics need help to get away from their obsessions, that is, provided that these obsessions truly benefit them.