The Undead: Life on the D-List

Palmer, Gareth

doi:10.16997/wpcc.23

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“…Academic articles (e.g. Palmer 2005;Holmes 2006Holmes , 2009 likewise note the appeal of speculating on a celebrity's trajectory for audiences and commentators. What I propose here is an idealised model of this cycle of fame, operating in six stages.…”

Section: The Fame Cyclementioning

confidence: 99%

Star image, celebrity reality television and the fame cycle

Deller

2016

Celebrity Studies

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In this paper, I discuss the phenomenon of celebrity reality television and explore its function for those participating in it. Drawing on the success of their non-celebrity counterparts, programmes such as Celebrity Big Brother, I'm a Celebrity: Get Me Out of Here and Dancing With the Stars have become popular globally and, although arguably no longer at their peak, continue to attract large audiences and significant amounts of publicity. In this paper I discuss the role these shows can serve for celebrities at different levels of their careers. I argue that reality television appeals in different ways to celebrities at different points in the fame 'cycle': 'ordinary' people or 'pre-celebrities' seeking to become known through it; proto-celebrities who wish to expand their fame; celebrities engaged in the work of promotion for their other endeavours; celebrities who wish to remake their existing star image through using reality television as a rehabilitative strategy or an opportunity to develop new skills; and those whose careers are in a period of 'post-celebrity' who seek to renew their fame. I explore how a successful reality show cast is one that combines celebrities who are at a range of points in the fame cycle as the interactions between the cast members and their debates about fame and hierarchy prove a key attraction for audiences.

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Section: The Fame Cyclementioning

confidence: 99%

Star image, celebrity reality television and the fame cycle

Deller

2016

Celebrity Studies

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“…As pointed out by Nick couldry (2011), though reality television may seem to offer a more "democratic" form of media production by blurring the distinction between ordinary and extraordinary (see also Gareth Palmer 2005;Graeme Turner 2010), it still works to bolster traditional socio-economic lines of separation by eradicating class struggle and exposing majority audiences to "others" without explicitly acknowledging that they are "Others" (here, couldry [2011, 37-38] speaks specifically in terms of class but we can also include race/ethnicity, as discussed in the work of Hasinoff [2008] and McRobbie [2009]). Because reality television can bring together disparate identities to compete as equals on an "even playing field, " it plays a key role in circulating neoliberal, post-feminist discourses.…”

Section: Post-feminism and Reality Televisionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The dangers of transformation for reality stars are clear: they have to display some level of consistency of persona in order to authenticate their stardom (Palmer 2005). However, as a woman known for her outrageous partying lifestyle, Snooki had to let go of much of what made her famous if she wanted to be viewed as a legitimate mother.…”

Section: Sexual Containmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

I want my Snooki: MTV’s failed subjects and post-feminist ambivalence in and around theJersey Shore

Patrick

2016

Feminist Media Studies

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As a sexually promiscuous and outrageously flamboyant young woman, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi of MTV's Jersey Shore (2009)(2010)(2011)(2012) could be said to be the ultimate example of Angela McRobbie's postfeminist subject. However, as pervasive as post-feminist narratives have become in popular culture, the figure of Snooki problematizes its ideal forms of femininity and meritocratic success. In this paper I argue that Snooki's potential challenges to post-feminist ideology were contained by news reporting on her at the height of her fame. This analysis posits a noteworthy divide in that those most inclined to watch/consume Snooki-as-text (the MTV audience) likely remained beyond the reach of the news media's attempt to re-inscribe hegemonic ideologies onto her star image/text. I examine the relation between Snooki-as-text (the Snooki presented on Jersey Shore) and the extra-textual attempts to undermine her popularity and legitimacy. I frame this discussion along three axes of transgression and containment: the sexual empowerment/threat paradigm; the physical markings of class and ethnic subjectivity; and the textual boundaries of meritocratic success. Despite efforts to contain her, Snooki's short-lived success hints at an ambivalence toward postfeminism today that could help chart a revitalized form of feminist politics within youth-driven popular culture.

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“…Cultural scholars are increasingly discovering what deeper texts might be found within celebrity stories (Holmes 2005, Muir 2005, Palmer 2005). The idea that celebrity culture fosters parasocial relationships (Horton and Wohl 1956, Giles 2000, Rojek 2001, Eyal and Rubin 2003 between the mediated person and viewer, or the celebrity and the consumer (Cohen 2004), is key to understanding the function of celebrity coverage.…”

Section: Celebrity Health Culturementioning

confidence: 99%