Assignment 21

At this very moment, somewhere in the universe, Prince is likely doing something mundane and common place. What a strange image that is, the man behind Purple Rain completing household chores or eating junk food on the couch. We always let the public persona of celebrities get to ingrained in our conscience that it is impossible to imagine them "out of character." Prince is just a human being, like you or me, but can you really picture him picking up KFC at the drive-thru or doing the dishes? And even if you can, don't you imagine him in some sort of ridiculous purple regalia in the most Prince-like manner possible? What does Prince even wear as pajamas? That's a major danger of celebrity. One goes from person to character, and when that's the situation, can you really blame him for changing his name to a symbol? Poor Prince.