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The contrast between commercial success and artistic adventurousness is resonant. Zora Simic’s chapter is a tribute to and analysis of the pubic persona of Michael Hutchence, examining him as a pop star who tried—in part, successfully—to problematise the superficial elements of his celebrity. She discusses her own experience as a fan of pop music in the mid-1980s; her switching of allegiances from the Uncanny X-Men to INXS and her time as a passionate and active fan of the band, as well as her encounters with other fans. She recounts the route Hutchence took from singer to actor in Dogs in Space, the antithesis of the cinematic ‘star vehicle’, and the responses of both fans and critics to the film and his performance in it.
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Simic, Z. (2020). Rock Star in Space. In: Nichols, D., Perillo, S. (eds) Urban Australia and Post-Punk. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9702-9_13
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