The Internet makes fame more quickly achievable — and more quickly unmanageable.
The sight of most of the young ladies who made fame at the Hippodrome, and elsewhere in the country, was seriously affected.
Past offerings at the series include epic disasters like "The Apple," a 1980 morality tale about the price of success that makes "Fame" look like "Masterpiece Theater," and "The Room," a 2003 release that has become a cult classic.
The second year, in 2011, saw it move from Foyou to the large grand theatre and attract some big names through Funky's contacts ("We were losing money, but it made fame for the organisation").
When I asked Donald Trump if rampant prosperity might have made get-rich-quick game shows pale next to "Survivor" in the buzz sweepstakes, he theorized: "Making money is easier than making fame, so fame might be more desirable -- though I'd still go with the money myself".
In the words of quintessential New Yorker Fran Lebowitz, Andy Warholl made fame more famous".
He made fame look good and set a sterling example for celebrities, showing them how to carry on long after career peaks. .
How they hurt and ultimately heal each other is a raw, beautiful fable for the new millennium, one that makes Fame Shark an indispensable piece of literature.
In 1901, when he first went to work for The Examiner, the paper hailed him as a "young man who has made fame for himself and California in the world of letters".
