Word: personae
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...object. We can't because she won't allow us to, her voice stronger than our gaze, conquering and shaming her would-be voyeurs. She puts on a hat, gloves, stockings, a slip, one at a time against different projections of women's art, each time assuming a new persona with a new story but each time equally angry. Segments that begin on the political large-scale often wind up being personal and startlingly moving: "Don't tell me about your big heterosexual problems. Don't tell me about your wedding that I'm denied, don't tell me about...
...rehearse at half-voice and still give the conductor an exact idea of how their performance will sound at full volume. Singers who can't do that wear themselves out in preparation. Just as important, both have a personality that draws crowds, and both command a larger-than-life persona that turns fans into true believers. Finally, both are rich; each man's wealth is conservatively estimated at more than $25 million. Pavarotti's commercial success is probably unparalleled by any classical artist in history. His fee for a single outdoor gig is several hundred thousand dollars. (By comparison...
...idea-starved industry, the club comics bring some important assets. Even without acting credentials, they know how to get laughs. Often they have developed a stage persona, or an attitude, or at the very minimum a few well- tested gag lines. Yet delivering one-liners is not the same as creating a character. For every comic who has made a successful transition to prime time, there are others (Jackie Mason, Richard Lewis) who have been sabotaged by their own limitations or by the rickety contraptions built for them...
...Conan is charm, Chevy is smarm. At least that is his TV and film persona: the preening, been-there, done-that blase buffoon. But Chase insists he won't mock his guests: "The point is to help them relax, don't bully them. I want to have normal people too. One of the ugliest sides of TV is its continual daytime flushing of the underbellies of society in the guise of exposing the real America. Well, I think there are plenty of Americans who are very interesting and aren't screwed up. I don't know who they...
...darling of the '91 World Champion Twins' turned down a generous offer to stay in the city where he grew up and became an ex-patriot for an ex-tra million (and is now assuming the persona of an ex-star). With no dividends, and a waning fan-club, questions about his worth remain...