There’s something intrinsically manic about fandom, isn’t there: for example, Eminem’s haunting “Stan” (above) or Lady Gaga’s gruesome take on her own “Paparazzi” at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards (below)? Judy Garland once said, “Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second-rate version of someone else.” Does the proper performance of fandom demand “dying” to become the admired other?

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   Eminem ft. Dido - Stan - Curtain Call (2005) - Track 5

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