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Author: Lawman592

Jan 31st 2014 at 12:27:15 PM

I've edited and rewritten the description to read as follows.  Tell me if it's any better.

''Informed Real Life Fame is when the luster of a real-life "superstar" is oddly contained to the fictional universe of a particular TV program or movie despite repeated claims in the TV program or movie stating otherwise.''

''Sometimes, The Informed Real Life Fame can arise in retrospect such as when a One-Hit Wonder manages to land a guest-shot as himself or herself on a popular TV show just before his or her 15 minutes expires. At the time the episode originally airs, the One Hit Wonder may actually have a fair amount of fame and public recognition but in the reruns aired years after the One Hit Wonder has ceased being even the punchline to flash-in-the-pan jokes, people seeing the show will have no idea who the One Hit Wonder is and will be puzzled about why he (or she) is being presented as such a big deal. (This also makes the episode of the TV show an Unintentional Period Piece.)''

''Another way Informed Real Life Fame comes into play is when the "celebrity" depicted in the TV program as a hot new star is, in real life, a One Hit Wonder Without a Hit. Even people seeing the show when it's initially aired have little idea on who this heavily-hyped newcomer is and why he (or she) is being presented as such a big deal.  In some cases, this example of Informed Real Life Fame comes about when a campaign of money, publicity, and hype to launch an unknown performer into superstar status fails spectacularly.''

''Increasingly, Informed Real Life Fame has become intermingled with the Fan Myopia and Popcultural Osmosis Failure tropes. As popular culture gets more fragmented, a person who's famous with one particular demographic may be completely unknown by another.  Something similar can be experienced if someone from "Country A" is watching a TV show from "Country B" featuring a guest-star who's not known outside of "Country B".''