We’re duped! I’m duped all the time by this. They keep promising us this, not giving it to us. Somehow they have to do it in a way that we don’t catch on. But still make us keep desiring it because we have to keep buying more magazines. Julia Fawcett: One of the things that we’ve been talking about in class is the way that celebrities, to keep us buying magazines and to keep us looking, they have to somehow get away with promising us this secret private life that they’re going to reveal, but never actually reveal it. Julia Fawcett, an associate professor in the Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies, teaches a course called the History of Celebrity. This semester, she’s teaching a class called the History of Celebrity. She’s an associate professor of theater, dance and performance studies at UC Berkeley. Julia Fawcett: (Laughs) That’s not helpful, I don’t care about that. Selena Gomez: I think I was born in the wrong era. Narration: She pours the videographer a glass of orange juice, checks a text on her phone from her mom and plays some music. Interviewer: Besides doing adventurous interviews like this, what do you do on your days off? There’s one with singer Selena Gomez, where she’s walking through her home. Narration: Vogue has this video series called “73 Questions Answered by Your Favorite Celebs.” It’s shot in one take, and it’s supposed to give us a look into who celebrities really are. Selena! I hope you’re ready for the 73 Questions interview. ( Photo by Ronald Woan via Flickr) Read a transcript of Fiat Vox episode #71: “How we create ‘imagined communities’ with celebrity gossip.”Ĭlip from Vogue’s “73 Questions with Selena Gomez”: Beyoncé and Jay-Z perform together during their On the Run II tour in 2018.

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