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8-30-16

The not-so glamorous origins of American celebrity politics

by David Haven Blake

“In America,” the filmmaker Francois Truffaut once wrote, “politics always overlaps show business, as show business overlaps advertising.” The truth of Truffaut’s statement was on full display last month during the Republican and Democratic nominating conventions.

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The not-so glamorous origins of American celebrity politics

by David Haven Blake