Mr. Kay has retained his Space Cowboy persona; this time, his silly hat was a futuristic headdress with metallic feathers.
Mike Reid's 1970s kids show Runaround, for instance, was basically a blend of musical statues and right or wrong - although Reid's faintly menacing Cockney comic persona and time spent in Brixton nick made him a slightly odd choice for a kids' TV presenter.
You develop a digital persona over time by what you post, how you post it, and when.
I revert to my little kid persona every time I see even a small fireworks display... and when it's huge and beautiful, don't ask!!
It's difficult to say when this whole routine started (Madonna rejiggered her persona several times, with aplomb, in the nineteen-eighties and nineties; Elvis did the same, though perhaps less intentionally, in the seventies), but the pivot is now so deeply ingrained in the promotional itinerary as to feel de rigueur.
There is undoubtedly a boys' club, and in order to "penetrate" it, I've got to adopt a persona at times that plays by their rules.
Analysing Ranaut's off-screen persona, Hindustan Times published that she was initially written off by Indian journalists due to her "funny accent" and the negative publicity generated by her troubled relationships; however, her defining fashion choices and her unconventional film roles eventually established her as a star.
We all like different things, and just as you may not understand at all why your brother's best friend collects baseball and basketball cards, he may not understand your desire to watch Star Trek or dress like a Klingon and adopt a Klingon persona several times per year.
But his white rat persona surfaced from time to time, giggle and all.
Nor should it: this is not a beauty pageant but a dramatis personae — at times very dramatic.
