Assignment By comparing and contrasting at least two theorists who are interested in "˜celebrity culture," explain the popularity of one celebrity or star of your choice. Celebrity plays an incredibly influential role in society today, allowing yet another distraction for people as they yearn to forget the drudgeries of their own lives. Not only does celebrity psychologically satisfy society and provide entertainment, it is also the core of a great business in a hyper-capitalized world, overturning billions in profit each year. Dyer (1986) explains people's obsession with celebrity to be "the meaning of work and achievement, and definitions of sexual and gendered identity . Celebrity indefinitely identifies each generation, and the people who closely follow those at the forefront to identify themselves; separating, dividing and elevating society which Weber (1986) suggests is particularly relevant to those in ˜need' of spiritual methods of affinity. Various definitions of celebrity exist, but the most common agreement is attached to the "consequence of one's possessing an extraordinary ability or quality of some kind that sets one apart from others who are not capable of similar achievements or who do not have distinguishing features that make them stand out  (Ryan, 2010:150). Through analysis of The Doors' front man, Jim Morrison's popularity, at a time when society wasn't politically just, many theorists will be challenged and adapted to explain the reasons behind this. The Doors were psychedelic rock purveyors from the mid-late 60s, breaking their genre into the mainstream to further result in numerous number ones, a place in the history of music, various TV appearances and sold out tours to thousands screaming girls. Where Adorno and Horkheimer (1979) show celebrity to be a reason for cultural decline, with public desire being to achieve their own celebrity credibility, in turn allowing people to become selfish and materialistic, Morrison preached the opposite and was despised by many in power. He was the reason for individual revolt and people's endeavor for inner peace, encouraging the youth to be themselves through writing lyrics inspired by French existentialist philosophers and poets including Nietzche, Plutarch and Rimbaud. In fact the name of the band itself was taken from Blake: "When the doors of perception are cleansed, man will see things as they truly are, infinite  (1991:132). Charisma was an important component of Morrison's popularity, which will be explained through the works of academic, Weber and his reasoning behind the evolution of charisma into authority. Boorstin's (1961) case of celebrity's superficiality will be challenged but put into perspective with celebrities in current society. Morrison's conceived role by his fans was often compared as ˜God-like' for which Rojek (2001) will be referenced to relate the similarity between the purpose of celebrity and religion. It's rare that the industry allows celebrities like Morrison to not necessarily conform to the dualities of media such as censoring lyrics for the purposes of TV - this is because Morrison wanted the audience to experience it all, not censored parts of his art. The effect of and reasoning behind such rare popularity is perhaps more fascinating than the reasons behind people's fascination with more current pop stars today. Morrison's on stage presence and charisma was unarguably nothing short of stoical valiance. Weber takes this innate quality in celebrities further defining it as ˜charismatic domination', where he defined charisma as "a certain quality of an individual personality, but virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically exceptional powers or qualities  (1947:358). Morrison was certainly no exception to this argument, and his popularity was a direct result of people fascinated by his riveting and mesmerizing stage presence and role as a front man, challenging the talent of any other pop stars at the time. Weber argues that this authority over fans is an unstable form of leadership as followers can just as quickly switch to the next charismatic individual and is therefore dependent on relationship between individual and fan. Wilson further reiterates this point of charisma "denoting a quality not of the individual, but of a relationship between believers and the man in whom they believed  (1975:7). Compared to celebrity today, Morrison back in the 60s was much more accessible to the fans, whether it was interaction thr