Now you've got me curious as to whether or not fans perceive this accurately or not.
I mean, you'll have all kinds of combos:
Celebrities who don't know where the line is and -- fans who think those celebs don't know where the line is and -- fans who don't think those celebs know this
Celebrities who do know where the line is, and their fans who think they do & fans who don't.
In particular, fans (or maybe detractors) who insist certain celebrities are not authentic.
Take Lady Gaga, for example. Those people who are mad that she's GLBT supportive when she's "not gay" and accuse her of using the DADT folks to parlay more attention to herself strike me as a possible case where those complaining think she has NOT mixed public and private and are insisting that she's inauthentic/cheating/looking for attention precisely because they think she hasn't mixed the two.
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Date: 2010-09-17 06:36 pm (UTC)I mean, you'll have all kinds of combos:
Celebrities who don't know where the line is and
-- fans who think those celebs don't know where the line is and
-- fans who don't think those celebs know this
Celebrities who do know where the line is, and their fans who think they do & fans who don't.
In particular, fans (or maybe detractors) who insist certain celebrities are not authentic.
Take Lady Gaga, for example. Those people who are mad that she's GLBT supportive when she's "not gay" and accuse her of using the DADT folks to parlay more attention to herself strike me as a possible case where those complaining think she has NOT mixed public and private and are insisting that she's inauthentic/cheating/looking for attention precisely because they think she hasn't mixed the two.
If you follow my reasoning, that is...