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1、FameMelvinHowards Fameisverymuchlikeananimalchasingitsowntailwho,whenhecapturesit,doesnotknowwhatelsetodobuttocontinuechasingit.Fameandtheexhilaratingcelebritythataccompaniesit,forcethefamouspersontoparticipateinhisorherowndestruction.Ironicisn'tit? Thosewhogainfamemostoften
2、gainitasaresultofpossessingasingletalentorskill:singing,dancing,painting,orwriting,etc.Thesuccessfulperformerdevelopsastylethatismarketedaggressivelyandgainssomepopularity,anditisthispopularitythatusuallyconvincestheperformertocontinueperforminginthesamestyle,sincethatiswhatthep
3、ublicseemstowantandtoenjow.Butintime,theperformerbecomesboredsingingthesamesongsinthesamewayyearafteryear,orthepainterbecomesboredpaintingsimilarscenesorportraite,ortheactoristiredofplayingthesamecharacterrepeatedly.Thedemandofthepublicholdstheartisthostagetohisorherownsuccess,f
4、ame.Iftheartistattemptstochangehisorherstyleofwritingordancingorsinging,etc.,theaudiencemayturnawayandlooktoconferfleetingficklefameonanotherandthen,intime,onanother,andsoonandsoon. WhocannotrecognizeaTennesseeWilliamsplayoranovelbyJohnUpdikeorErnestHemingwayorapoembyRobertFro
5、storW.H.AudenorT.S.Eliot?ThesameistrueofpainterslikeMonet,Renoir,DaliorPicassoanditistrueofmoviemakerslikeHitchcock,Fellini,Spielberg,ChenKai-georZhangYimou.Theirdistinctivestylesmarkedasignificantchangeinthetraditionalformsandgrantedthemfameandforturn,buttheywerenotfreetodevelo
6、potherstylesorformsbecausetheiraudiencedemandedofeachofthemwhattheyoriginallypresented.HemingwaycannotevennowbeconfusedwithHenryJamesoranyoneelse,norcanForstbeconfusedwithYeats,etc.Theuniqueformseachofthemcreated,createdthem.Noartistorperformercanentirelyescapethelureoffameandit
7、spromiseofendlessadmirationandrespect,butthereisaheavypriceonemustpayforit. Famebringscelebrityandhighregardfromadoringandloyalfansineachfieldofendeavoranditisheadystuff.Aperformercaneasilycometobelievethatheorsheisasgoodashisorherpress.Butmostpeople,mostartistsdonotgainfamean
8、dfortune.Whataboutthoseperformerswhofail,oranyo
