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Fame In The Twentieth Century

Clive James





The only famous Japanese is Yoko Ono, and she only got that way bc she married John Lennon. And he only got famous bc he was in the Beatles.

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Famous dramatic pic of Napoleon on a rearing charger, with his right hand in the air like a rodeo rider. It's a sobering thought that although Napoleon cdn't ride a horse that well, Ronald Reagan cd.

Whole point of movie stars (and news announcers) is to look good. Above all, in control; in charge of their life on behalf of the audience, who weren't.

Price of fame is isolation. Only other famous people can behave normally in yr presence.

Hollywood's version of WW2 - Jap and Germans issued with bullets which bounced off tall handsome actors running slowly

Nobody except his mother really loved Liberace, but it turned out he had millions of mothers. He offered class to people who had no taste. Classical composers were spinning in their grave, but TV linked him to millions of people to whom kitsch was a step up.

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