Comments by "James Clendon" (@jamesclendon4811) on "Sarah Bernhardt: The World's First Celebrity" video.

  1. I don't think so, not exactly. I think a better comparison would be "drama queen."
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  2. I was going to look up that quote to make sure I got it right, and then post it after I finished reading the comments. Thanks for saving me the effort.
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  3. Evelyn Nesbit no; her celebrity was more ephemeral, based on one salacious episode--think Monica Lewinski. Lillie Langtry was more like a minor league Bernhardt--similar but...lesser. Cody is a better example--some real accomplishment which he cleverly parlayed into widespread and lasting fame.
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  4. That says more about you than it does about her.
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  5. Don't give him ideas. I wouldn't put a history of dog shit past him---and yes, he would probably make it interesting.
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  6. No.
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  7.  @Channelscruf  It's always going to be a fuzzy topic, subject to personal interpretation, but I don't think it's accurate to call a ruler--a monarch or a political leader, even a religious leader--a "celebrity." I don't think we should call Mohammed, or Kublai Khan, or Alexander the Great a celebrity. Your opinion may differ. Also, speaking of the pharaohs, I don't believe their celebrity, if you want to call it that, extended beyond Egypt and those who were their subjects. The rest of the world didn't know they existed. Oddly, I think it might be fair to call Tutankhamen, after the discovery of his tomb, a celebrity, but of the twentieth century, not his own time.
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  8. Nope. Next question.
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  9. Oooh---so close.
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  10. You probably know that Steptoe and Son was adapted into the very popular Sanford and Son, starring Redd Foxx, here in the US.
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