The Nature Of Fame

[poliphilo]

I drop the name of a very big film-star of the 1960s and everyone under 40 looks blank.

I start to explain- and the group's alpha male makes noises to show that he knew what I was on about all along. I think he's bluffing.

We pass the star's photo around and it's conceded that he's handsome. The youngest child thinks she may have seen him in things...

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[sovay]

We pass the star's photo around and it's conceded that he's handsome. The youngest child thinks she may have seen him in things...

Which one was it?

[poliphilo]

Sidney Poitier- but it could have been almost anyone of that vintage...