CIN105Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Studio System, Charlie Sheen, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Richard dyer provided a rationale of taking stars and stardom seriously, developed a set of ideas that he could employ from one case study to the next. Argued that stars are the public face of a film, contribute to the way that film is perceived and understood by the viewers. To studies stars is to study the way films make meaning. Foundational ideas he put forth: stars are a constructed phenomenon the name of a star is associated with a series, attributes, meanings, identities, values, attitudes, and characteristics. Attached to this person as an image of them. It is a persona/image constructed as it circulates through culture: how the star persona is constructed through a combination of: Textual actor is identified with their characters. It is central to our understanding of who they are. Ex: daniel radcliffe as harry potter/ character as the persona.
