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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1397" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/2019/8/16/20694479/keanu-reeves-in-2019-revival-memes-history-explained" target="_blank"><strong>Keanu Reeves, explained - Vox</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>Keanu is having a really great year — and personifying what celebrity means in 2019. </strong></p><p></p><p>It started in the pub, as all the best research does: Media studies professors <a href="https://reneemiddlemost.com/about/" target="_blank">Renee Middlemost</a> (University of Wollongong) and <a href="https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/communication-and-media/staff/sarah-thomas/" target="_blank">Sarah Thomas</a> (University of Liverpool) found themselves wondering where all the stars had gone. In 2019, in an age of <a href="https://www.justbutterit.ca/blog/millennials-arent-watching-tv-theyre-streaming-video" target="_blank">fractured media landscapes</a> and <a href="https://www.vox.com/2019/7/30/20746411/jake-paul-tana-mongeau-wedding-fake-youtube-reality-culture" target="_blank">niche celebrities</a> everywhere, does anyone in Hollywood have truly universal name recognition and appeal? Does there still exist a public figure whose persona can unite and speak to fragmented audiences without excluding or alienating anyone?</p><p></p><p>Tom Hanks, they asked? Nah, too rooted in nostalgia. Leonardo DiCaprio? Or Denzel Washington? Maybe, but can you see either of them playing to a crowd of people steeped in video games or YouTube culture? Will Smith or Samuel L. Jackson? While their careers span decades, neither of them seem to have the current cultural staying power they once did.</p><p></p><p>But what about Keanu?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1397, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.vox.com/2019/8/16/20694479/keanu-reeves-in-2019-revival-memes-history-explained'][B]Keanu Reeves, explained - Vox[/B][/URL] [B]Keanu is having a really great year — and personifying what celebrity means in 2019. [/B] It started in the pub, as all the best research does: Media studies professors[B] [/B][URL='https://reneemiddlemost.com/about/']Renee Middlemost[/URL] (University of Wollongong) and [URL='https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/communication-and-media/staff/sarah-thomas/']Sarah Thomas[/URL] (University of Liverpool) found themselves wondering where all the stars had gone. In 2019, in an age of [URL='https://www.justbutterit.ca/blog/millennials-arent-watching-tv-theyre-streaming-video']fractured media landscapes[/URL] and [URL='https://www.vox.com/2019/7/30/20746411/jake-paul-tana-mongeau-wedding-fake-youtube-reality-culture']niche celebrities[/URL] everywhere, does anyone in Hollywood have truly universal name recognition and appeal? Does there still exist a public figure whose persona can unite and speak to fragmented audiences without excluding or alienating anyone? Tom Hanks, they asked? Nah, too rooted in nostalgia. Leonardo DiCaprio? Or Denzel Washington? Maybe, but can you see either of them playing to a crowd of people steeped in video games or YouTube culture? Will Smith or Samuel L. Jackson? While their careers span decades, neither of them seem to have the current cultural staying power they once did. But what about Keanu? [/QUOTE]
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