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Celebrity
the cult of celebrity
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Language - English
11th Grade
06/12/2013
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icon
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famous person admired by the people
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sitcom
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a humorous television show (friends, how i met your mother)
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confessional TV
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program where people confess, talk about their lives and secrets (oprah)
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the afterlife
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life after death
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to ogle something/someone
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to stare at something/someone in a rude way
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fair game for criticism
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easy target
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to scrutinize
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to look at something in detail
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a fly-on-the-wall documentary
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a secret or intrusive camera that follows the real lives of people
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like a lamb to the slaughter
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to meet your fate without resistance
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forced
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thrust upon
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fame
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celebrity
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respect
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admiration
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great respect and admiration
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reverence
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cruelty
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brutality
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worship
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to adore
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examine
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scrutinize
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ruin
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destroy
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compassion, sympathy
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mercy
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guilt
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shame
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suppose
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assume
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exactly
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precisely
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result
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consequence
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mainly
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largely
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considered
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deemed
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belief
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religion
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killers
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murderers
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killed
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assassinated
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