Lecture: Celebrity culture

40 years after 2nd invention of photography

Poets writers artists and actors were the celebrities at this time

Grahame Clarke

Famous for what they did, rather than for just being

The Artist, 2011 Directed by Michel Hazanavicius

Refers to this era, tells the story of a silent movie idol

 American of mixed descent but found fame in France as an exotic dancer, nicknamed the "Bronze Venus", the "Black Pearl", and the "Créole Goddess". Also acted in films from 1927 onwards

Beyoncé Knowles has portrayed Baker on various accounts throughout her career. During the 2006 Fashion Rocks show, Knowles performed "Dejá Vu" in a revised version of the Danse banane costume. In Knowles's video for "Naughty Girl", she is seen dancing in a huge champagne glass á La Baker. In I Am... Yours: An Intimate Performance at Wynn Las Vegas, Beyonce lists Baker as an influence of a section of her live show.

Reclaiming of racial stereotyping/terms of abuse?