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The Access Hollywood Effect
The Access Hollywood effect is a theory regarding the culture of the American dream and the comparatively high number of violent deaths in the United States.The American Dream is both a blessing and a curse; while it can give hope to people, it can also create a population that has a highly sensitive sense of justice. People are told that if they work hard, they can have anything they desire. Then our celebrity driven culture places so much value on those who achieve high levels of wealth and fame that it creates very high expectations for everyone else's standard of living. Over time, a person in this society finds that although he is working hard, he is not able to have the standard of living that the celebrity culture has made him think he deserves. This person feels that he is being cheated out of the American Dream.

A person in this society may believe it is unfair that he cannot acquire the amount of wealth he desires. His constant exposure to people who the media says are better than him gives him a misplaced sense of justice. He believes that since he worked hard he is entitled to the media's "American Dream" of wealth and status so he seeks justice for himself in what he perceives to be an unfair society. The misguiding hand of the media leads him to undo the wrongs to which he believes he was unfairly subjected through any means necessary, including violence. His twisted sense of justice causes him to think he must rid himself all of the unjust challenges that prevented him from attaining "the American dream," so he can have the opportunity he was promised as an American.