1. R I C H A R D D Y E R
Richard Dyer has written extensively about the role of
stars in film, TV and music.
The term STAR refers to the semi-methodological set
of meanings constructed around music performers in
order to sell the performer to the large and loyal
audience.
STAR IMAGE is INCOHERENT. It makes people to be
interested in it, as audience want to know more, but
they are not able to know everything.
Dyer says that incoherence is based upon 2
paradoxes:

2. R I C H A R D D Y E R
Dyer says that incoherence is based upon 2
paradoxes:
The star must be
simultaneously present
and absent for the
consumer
The star must be
simultaneously ordinary
and extraordinary for the
consumer