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The Holy Idea of Celebrity and the Salvation of Pop Stardom
"I just feel like there's something that is just stubbornly surface and buying its own hype about the show," he says. "The idea of celebrity and the sanctity and the possibility of pop stardom, that's a malleable and interesting theme." He adds: "But I kind of think the show just wants to get her writhing and naked and begin to choking herself"
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