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The essay examines the role of Hollywood that quintessential creator of social dreams in producing cinematic images of social reality. The world Hollywood depicts is shaped by the glamorous slipstreams of stars and adventures, making up the drama, joy, pain, and capricious rhythms of everyday life.
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Rieber, R.W., Kelly, R.J. (2014). The Cult of Celebrity: How Hollywood Conquered Reality. In: Film, Television and the Psychology of the Social Dream. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7175-2_5
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