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Celebrities and the Barnum Effect

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A friend has sent you the following article from PopMatters.com Column: Celebrities and the Barnum Effect by Rob Horning 01 December 2004 Ah, the shine of a pretty new thing, the clever ploy of its packaging. We enjoy the fantasy that such things arouse, and then, when shoddy reality sets in, we tip our caps to the ingenuity by which we were led to indulge the fantasy. Link: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/53896/horning041201/ PopMatters Popular Voices, Cultural Matters http://www.popmatters.com/

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