The Fame Game: How to Make the Most of Your 15 Minutes - Softcover

Flocker, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306814242 ISBN 13: 9780306814242

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2005

Synopsis

From the celebrities you see onscreen, the corporate workers who shoot up the ladder, and charismatic politicians, to head turners, charmers, and the life of the party, stars have that "special something" that sets them apart from the rest of us. Though we can argue about the quality of their respective talents, they do all have certain traits in common. But what exactly are those qualities? Are they innate or can they be learned? What behaviors make a person stand out? And can the average person learn how to generate star quality? Oh, yes. By humorously dissecting and deconstructing the various qualities of the "stars," and by slyly skewering society's obsession with celebrity, this guide to the glittering life will reveal the truth behind the celebrity industrial complex, teach readers how to seize the spotlight, and help them unleash their inner celebrity. From understanding the complete irrelevance of talent and cultivating sex appeal where none seems apparent to handling humiliation, counteracting bad photography, and staging a mysterious disappearance that will extend intrigue, The Fame Game is the essential get-ahead manual for life in the twenty-first century. Filled with sparkling anecdotes, essential lists, and sage advice on how to harness the power of the stars in one's own life, it promises to entertain and instruct each new bumper crop of wannabes.

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About the Author

The author of the best-selling The Metrosexual Guide to Style, The Hedonism Handbook, and The Fame Game, Michael Flocker lives in New York City.

From Publishers Weekly

Flocker, author of the best-selling The Metrosexual Guide to Style, is back with another petite of-the-moment book: how to become famous, stay famous and enjoy fame, or, for those whom the spotlight shuns (or misses), using the same tactics to "give yourself a nice little edge in the job interview, a seductive advantage in the realm of romance, or the simple confidence to pull focus in your direction at will." A catchy design that includes dozens of bullet points, lists, graphics, quizzes and fame-related quotes gleaned from sources as varied as Henry Kissinger and Lucille Ball almost disguise the dearth of new advice. Some readers may be put off by the inconsistent tone: the feel-good platitude, "Anything is possible in this life," comes from the same chapter, for instance, as "Don't waste time volunteering for those crap jobs no one else wants to do." Flocker employs an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach and organizes chapters in such a way as to assess readers' physicality, confidence, charm and individuality. Later chapters cover body language, creating an aura, the importance of scandal and surviving celebrity. The book makes a nice stopgap for those who can't afford a battery of spokespeople, stylists, bodyguards and the wardrobe, but who think they one day will.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0306814242
• ISBN 13: 9780306814242
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192