Are We Human, or Are We Pop Star?
Through the mockumentary Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and the documentary Miss Americana, the limits of humanizing the pop star persona are tested.
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In our monthly column Laughed to Death, Brianna Zigler takes a look at the way comedy and existentialism go hand-in-hand in seemingly unlikely ways. For this installment, she examines the humanity lost on the pop star persona through Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and Taylor Swift’s Miss Americana.
“I’d love to get Conner to the point where people forget that he’s a musician,” reflects Paula Klein (played by Sarah Silverman), manager to pop superstar Conner4Real (Andy Samberg), “where he’s just kind of everywhere like oxygen, or gravity, or clinical depression. He’s just
When opportunity knocks, actor
Patrick Faucette plans on being fully prepared to open the door. Staying ready so he doesnât have to get ready is the New Jersey nativeâs typical approach. A talented high school athlete, he attended Boston University on a football scholarship.
A girlfriend prompted a move to California, where he would find acting through roommates performing in plays. Faucette now utilizes actor groups, self-tapes and private readings during the COVID-19 pandemic to remain sharp at his craft. With appearances on shows such as âThe Office,â âCurb Your Enthusiasm,â âLethal Weaponâ and âNCIS,â he seems to have made the right career decision.
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