Richard Dyer claims that the star image is incoherent or in other words incomplete and is based upon two key paradoxes.
Paradox 1:
"A star is both ordinary and extraordinary". A star need to be ordinary like us the people but there also needs to be an element of them which makes them different or special.
e.g. staged photos of Rhianna going shopping in Iceland but the next evening she is performing at the O2 arena in a provocative costume.
Paradox 2:
"A star is both present and absent". They exist and are apart of our lives in the fact that we discuss them socially, may adopt our style from them, construct our identity and they may dictate some of our consumer habits. However they are also absent; out of reach and not actually there.
e.g. You are physically watching them perform on stage and so they seem present but you will never be close to actually knowing the real person and so they are absent.
"A star is both present and absent". They exist and are apart of our lives in the fact that we discuss them socially, may adopt our style from them, construct our identity and they may dictate some of our consumer habits. However they are also absent; out of reach and not actually there.
e.g. You are physically watching them perform on stage and so they seem present but you will never be close to actually knowing the real person and so they are absent.
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