Word: personae
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...persona of Marshall Mathers, Eminem's gift for self-scrutiny turns insufferably narcissistic. Marshall is deeply wounded, hates his parents but loves his daughter. About his dad, who left him when he was a baby, Marshall says, "I wonder if he even kissed me goodbye/ No I don't; on second thought, I just f_____ wish he would die." On Hailie's Song, he sings in a surprising falsetto, "My baby girl keeps getting older, I watch her grow up with pride/ People make jokes, 'cause they don't understand me/ They just don't see my real side." Mathers...
...time, that was true of Ogami, too. When Inoue, the Philippine bank's erstwhile president, met him in Manila in 1998, Ogami came across as a boyishly enthusiastic entrepreneur who laughed about the persona he played. "He didn't believe the stuff about being a messiah or anything," says Inoue. "It was all just a marketing ploy...
...Maguire is being compared to DiCaprio--another serious actor turned teen idol following a big mainstream hit. But though audiences may cling to Maguire as Spider-Man, it's unlikely they'll embrace his quirky persona in standard leading-man roles. He simply isn't as warm as Tom Hanks or as dashing as Tom Cruise. "I just want to make good movies," says Maguire. "If there's a script I like with a character I like and a filmmaker I like, I would do the movie. I'm not really concerned about money. You could say I'm even...
...because she has pinpointed what we like about not only Spider-Man and his geeky-sweet alter ego Peter, but most of the masked marvels we've followed from the comics to the screen. We don't want our superheroes to be invulnerable Supermen--Clark Kent's sad-sack persona is as essential to fans as Superman's ability to turn steel girders into pasta ribbons. It's not enough that superheroes fight our battles. We need them to suffer our heartbreaks, reflect our anxieties, embody our weaknesses...
...comfortable at Make-a-Wish Foundation fund raisers as he is on the Howard Stern Show--is a task worthy of a French semiotician. He represents the postmillennial celebrity--a simulated character overlaying other simulated characters. This is The Rock's secret and perhaps ultimate persona: the Onion. Let others peel away the skin to find another skin beneath. Just ensure that every layer is as tasty as the one before and America will cry for more...