Word: exhibitionist
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There are so many other interesting Harvard personages worthy of description: the math/Physics genius who lives on another planet, the Eliot House power-monger, the Milk-Toast achiever who lacks a personality but gets the grade, and the pre-thespian exhibitionist whose personality is always on display...
...actor's passion to observe the world. It is his art to become what he observes. And finally it is his job to let the world observe him. It's hard work, reconciling the natures of voyeur and exhibitionist. And when stardom falls on an actor, it is tougher to play the role demanded by the press and public: himself...
Jackson can cry out loud; that is his agony (displayed to Winfrey) and his art (in performance). These days he is doing both: the world's most reclusive exhibitionist -- or most exhibitionistic recluse -- is everywhere. For the Clinton Inauguration, he led an all-star reunion of his 1985 We Are the World chorale. He spurred the Super Bowl to the largest U.S. TV audience ever, supervising a 98,000-person flash-card promotion for his Heal the World charity for inner-city children. He appeared at the N.A.A.C.P. Image Awards and the American Music Awards ceremonies...
What's the solution? A New Elvis? There isn't much hope on the horizon. Madonna's exhibitionist tendency alienates many folks in middle America. Garth Brooks isn't kitschy enough and doesn't win over the gospel crowd. And Nirvana just won't cut it with the hygienic...
...fashioned himself into the demigod of a cultlike political movement. As far as his supporters were concerned, Guzman's mythic aura of brilliance, charisma and invincibility shielded him from comparisons with other mortals. Latin Americans may regard Che Guevara as the model guerrilla, but Guzman dismissed him as an exhibitionist; besides, Che lacked Guzman's tolerance for slaughtering innocent women and children...