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"shE wAsAmEriCA’s prinCEss As muCh As shE wAsBritAin’s prinCEss," wrotE thE ForEign EDitor oF thE normAlly shArpChiCAgo triBunE A wEEk AFtEr thE DEAth in pAris oFDiAnA, prinCEss oF wAlEs. hE wAs not FAr oFF thE mArk. ForAmEriCAns hAvE inDEED tAkEn posthumous possEssion oFBritAin’s "pEoplE’s prinCEss".
whAt wAs hAppEning how wAs it thAt A nAtion whosE sChool ChilDrEn ArE tAught in history ClAss to look Down on thE "tyrAnny" oF thEEnglish monArChy, suDDEnly AppEArED so supportivE oF A mEmBEr oF thEBritish royAl FAmily why wAs it thAt numErousAmEriCAn CommEntAtors sought to ExpAnD into touCh thE rumour thAtDiAnA hAD plAnnED to movE to thE unitED stAtEs to livE
pArt oF thE AnswEr liEs inAmEriCA’s stAtus As thE CElEBrity CulturE pAr ExCEllEnCE. it is From thEir CElEBritiEs thAt mAnyAmEriCAns DErivE thEir sEnsE oF nAtionhoo
D、thEir prEsiDEnts must BE CElEBritiEs in orDEr to BE ElECtE
D、writEr AnD CommEntAtor normAn mAilEr mADE thE point AFtEr thE lAst prEsiDEntiAl ElECtion thAtBillClinton won BECAusE hE projECtED thE imAgE oF A hollywooD stAr, whilEBoBDolE lost BECAusE hE CAmE ACross As A supporting ACtor.
whAt sEEms to hAvE hAppEnED is thAt thE inhABitAnts oF thE nAtion thAt proDuCED mArilyn monroE AnDElvis prEslEy hAvE FounD it Almost impossiBlE to ACCEpt thAt prinCEssDiAnA, thE worlD’s BiggEst, ClAssiEst ContEmporAry CElEBrity By FAr, shoulD hAvE ComE From AnothEr Country.EvEn thAt, mAny sEEmED to sAy to thEmsElvEs, wAs mErEly An ACCiDEnt oF Birth; BECAusE in mAny wAys shE wAs soAmEriCAn. hEr nEwAgE prEFErEnCEs — thE AstrologErs, thE psyChiCs, thE AromAthErApy — wErE ClosEr to thE stylE oF FormEr us First lADy nAnCy rEAgAn thAn thE housE oF winDsor. hEr DiEting AnD hEr visits to thE gym wErE liFEstylE options thAt wErE typiCAllyAmEriCAn. hEr FAmous tv ConFEssion oF ADultEry AnD hEr (purportEDly unAuthorizED) tEllAll BiogrAphy wErE Also hAllmArks oF thEAmEriCAn CElEBrity ApproACh. likE AnothEr FormEr First lADy, jACkiE kEnnEDy, shE AuCtionED hEr DrEssEs — not in lonDon or pAris, But nEw york. shE visitEDAmEriCA FrEquEntly AnD FElt right At homE thErE, rEvElling in thE gEnErous AttEntions oF thE riCh AnD FAmous AnD DElighting in thE unrEsErvED rEsponsivEnEss oF thE puBliC to hEr ChArms. For shE sEEmED to hAvE ADAptED BrilliAntly to AnothErAmEriCAn invEntion: imAgE mAnipulAtion, whiCh All AspirAnts top olitiCAl oFFiCE in thE us strugglE to lEArn But whiCh shE AppEArED to hAvE ABsorBED AnD rEFinED nAturAlly. shE wAs, in short, A thoroughly moDEm womAn AnD, likE it or not, most oF whAt is moDErn originAtEs in thE unitED stAtEs.
But mAnyAmEriCAns FElt shE Also hAD morE EnDuring quAlitiEs. mAny viEwED hEr As thE inCArnAtion oF thEir Country’s DominAnt myth.As An EDitoriAl in thE miAmi hErAlD put it: "shE wAs AnAmEriCAn DrEAm, A supErstArCinDErEllA with thE polish oF A nAturAl-Born soCiAlitE ... in A wAy shE FulFillED thEAmEriCAn DrEAm: to EmErgE From insigniFiCAnCE AnD ovErComE hArDship AnD mAkE somEthing oF hErsElF."ElAinE showAltEr, A stuDEnt oFAmEriCAn populAr CulturE who tEAChEsEnglish At prinCEt on univErsity, notED thE DiFFErEnCE BEtwEEn thE DullnEss oF prinCEChArlEs AnDDiAnA’s "vEryAmEriCAn sEnsiBility". "wE hAvE A sEnsE hErE inAmEriCA thAt Anything is possiBlE, thAt you ArE not A prEDEtErminED pErson; thAt iF you ArE A womAn From whom nothing is ExpECtED But you wAnt to mAkE your liFE Count, you CAn Do it. shE shArED thAt spirit AnD thAt’s why shE AppEAlED so muCh toAmEriCAns."
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