By Loretta Manago
If you lined Stevie Won
der, Michael Jackson,
Mick Jagger and Diana
Roes on
fact that Michael Jackson
had bean a star for yean
■*'* -v Prtece Vj*' V' . V
-Hu star status .
Michael Alexander '
.Local promoter
ana men an ot a sudden he
developed a product that
was unique and instantly
he was a superstar. “The
bottom line is the more
records you sell, the soon
er you’ll become a super
star,” stressed Alex
ander. .
For Jack Gordon the
road to superstardom in
volves a cycle. “The type of
music an artist created
would have to have mm
appeal. If the product ap
pealed to enough of the
populace, then that per
son would become a super
star. After the consumer
- makes, his preference
known by the support of the
product, than die media
takes over. And, lastly, the
corporate structure bene
fits.” 3EL:.
Tne record stare owner
cited that only in the case
of Biblical figures, were
superstars not mhdeby the
manes. “Normally the
peopfc make the super
stars. But the' prophets in
the Bible-Moses, Ezekiel,
and even Christ, who were
strongly disliked by the
masses-achieved super -
star status. They didn’t get
it in their day, though,”
affirmed Gordon.
It to an ironic situation
, that the tame people who
have “made the super
■ stars" are the same indi
viduals from whom the
^ « -A- S- — * - -a ,
superstar must oe protect
ed. In piddle, these 0
gtfss are heavily guarded,
forbear that a starry-eyed
fan will unintentionally
harm them, by trying taget
too close to them. Our
costumes of disguise, just
to be able to eqjoy soma of
Ufa’s normalities, and to
'^Crossing ^thdt line from
seemingly bean both'’
sweet and bitter MIL
Get the paper.
And get results.
Get the paper.
And get results.
THE CHARLOTTE
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