| ▲ | shiroiushi 3 days ago | |
>we got our own celebrities and a way to talk about them Maybe, but Gul Dukat isn't a celebrity, he's a character. The study isn't asking people about <character from currently popular movie or TV show>, but about real, living celebrities. If they asked about the #1 character in Bridgerton, whoever that is, that I think would be comparable. It also doesn't help that they're mainly asking about current celebrities. A 60-year-old doesn't give a shit about the Kardashians or Justin Bieber. Obama probably. But some celebrity who was big 30-40 years ago would be of much more interest to them. | ||
| ▲ | TeMPOraL 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
Unless you know them personally, there's almost no difference between a celebrity and a well-known fictional character. Either way, you're learning a crafted story about a person that doesn't really exist. Kim Kardashian the person is a real human, but Kim Kardashian the celebrity is just as real a person as Dukat, a Gul in Cardassian Union. | ||
| ▲ | bitwize 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> Maybe, but Gul Dukat isn't a celebrity, he's a character. That line can get blurry; see for instance Hatsune Miku. | ||