DAVID Beckham’s brave gamble of talking a good game before he plays one is progressing well.

The trick is knowing when the hype stops and the action begins. Beckham’s fellow Angelenos understand this, delivering to the world a diet of trailers for life-changing, you’ve–never-seen-the like-before blockbusters.

But as with Men in Black II, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) and Basic Instinct 2 (2006), the second part of Beckham’s playing career is failing to live up to the billing.

And the Americans have noticed. As the Independent reports, Radar magazine has conducted a scientific survey to find the most overrated people, places and things in American life.

(The survey took into account the number of references in the media, the longevity as celebrities, talking points and the direction of the wind in Des Moins.)

And top of the heap, above Britney Spears, Friends and the Hard Rock Café are the Beckhams.

As readers learn: “It’s not that they’re untalented. They arch their backs nicely in porny W fashion shots. They’re excellent at peddling fragrances. But is it any reason for a besotted media to swarm them daily…to muse on his chances of being knighted? He’s an overpaid soccer star, she’s a pointless collection of body parts.”

Indeed, readers. Greater careers have been built on less.

And one day – fingers crossed – Posh and Becks can be as overrated as Bradgelina, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Antony, American football…

Posted: 21st, September 2007 | In: Celebrities, Posh and Becks. Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0