tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post7950180161784196699..comments2023-09-25T04:26:51.568-06:00Comments on The Barefoot Bum: Chamberlain inequalityLarry Hamelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-37056150827329380712015-12-20T09:09:08.181-07:002015-12-20T09:09:08.181-07:00I understand the list of superstar athletes, popul...<i>I understand the list of superstar athletes, popular musicians, and actors as merely indicative.</i><br /><br />Definitely.<br /><br /><i>[W]hat limits what one qualifies as "superstar"?</i><br /><br />Good question. On one level, it's clear that "superstar" is a <i>social</i> category, not an objective one: a superstar is someone who fulfills a particular social role, and the role is created by people in general. Some superstars — Paris Hilton, the Kardashians — don't even have any underlying quality, they just "are" superstars.Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28755195.post-11952781240290692802015-12-20T02:28:24.534-07:002015-12-20T02:28:24.534-07:00Hi Larry,
I understand the list of superstar athl...Hi Larry,<br /><br />I understand the list of superstar athletes, popular musicians, and actors as merely indicative (if I'm mistaken, apologies).<br /><br />In other words, one could conceivably add, for instance, opera singers, ballet dancers, magicians; maybe one could add celebrity scientists, like Neil deGrasse Tyson or Michio Kaku; motivational speakers seem in many respects similar, so perhaps one could add them to the list.<br /><br />My question is: what limits what one qualifies as "superstar"?Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07528637318288802178noreply@blogger.com