Inszenierte Authentizität Versus Authentische Inszenierung: Ein Ordnungsversuch Zum Konzept Authentizität in Medienkultur Und Popmusik

Jacke, Christoph

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“…At the same time, to understand the star system requires an understanding that audiences perceive personae in terms of things they know about the performers, or what they believe they know, as mediated through popular culture. While the pursuit of the "real person" behind the celebrity façade, that is, the concept of a "real person" behind the artist's mask is extremely important for contemporary western popular culture, it is equally important to stress its constructed nature (see Meyers 2009;Dyer 2012: 81-88;Jacke 2013). Whereas the "real person" describes a public idea of the artist as a "real" human being, or their "backstage" sensibilities constructed by audiences transtextually and transmedially, the "performer" points to the agency of a particular human being primarily as a category for discourse analysis.…”

Section: Persona and Character In Musical And Acted Performancesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Björk on the Gallows: Performance, Persona, and Authenticity in Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark

Rudolph

2020

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In Dancer in the Dark (2000), Icelandic popstar Björk portrays the main character of Selma. Lars von Trier, the director, described his film as an exercise in emotionally manipulating the audience. Drawing on Philip Auslander's concept of the "musical persona", this study argues that the decision to cast a popstar, in combination with the structure of the film, serves von Trier's purpose of intensifying the film's manipulative potential, by evoking an impression of shocking realism or authenticity. This study furthermore places the presentation of the filmic character in conversation with Björk's popstar status, critical reception of the film, as well as reception of her performance within it. Extending Auslander's concept of persona through a transmedial approach provides new perspectives on Björk's performance, Dancer's polarized reception, and analytical models for performers' public reception.

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Section: Persona and Character In Musical And Acted Performancesmentioning

confidence: 99%