Many stars today take various different approaches to how they live their lifestyles and how they wish to be portrayed through the media, some wish to be seen as outrageous and live their lives through the media, whereas others wish to live their private lives away the limelight.
In todays world the majority of people have heard of Lady Gaga this is because:
- She wears outrages outfits.
- goes overboard with her make up and hair styles.
- lives the life of a rockstar (with drink and drugs) even though she is not thought of being under that genre.
- She tries too hard not to fit in.
- Gets the attention from the public from through stories in the paper of magazines. For example her illness Lupus, and also through the differentoutfits she wears like the meat dress or bubble dress.
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Most modern rock stars are not that well known as rock music these days is not considered to be 'mainstream'. These days rock stars tend to live their life outside the limelight and prefer their lives this way.
He fits the typical rock genre because:
- Of the clothes he wears his skinny jeans and 'drop dead' t shirt.
- The style of his hair (side fringe).
- The way he is stood even shows that he is a rock star as he looks confidant.
- the way he is posed with his fist clenched around the microphone which looks slightly aggressive.
- He has tattoos (not that in these pictures they are showing).
- He tends to stage dive into the crowd.
- Violent pose crouched down to show passion for the music.
- You can't see it in this picture but he is wearing another bands t shirt which is an example of intertextuality.
Try to see star images in the light of intertextuality- the way in which artists deliberately incorporate elements of other star's images. Sometimes this is done consciously as homage, at other times it is just because it is a meme.
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