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celebrity, stars, politics

 

Throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, the belief that celebrity is a weapon that can be marshaled to attract attention permeated Hollywood and, as a result, stars became more visible and aggressive partecipants in American politics and movements critical of American policies here and abroad than ever before.

And they have moved their forum to the street. Witness such names as Jane Fonda, Martin Sheen, Ed Asner, Valerie Harper, Burt Lancaster, Harry Belafonte, Jon Voight, Marlo Thomas and Susan Sarandon.

They have not only brought issues to public attention but mobilized constituencies and challenged authority.

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