the crucible of fame

The crucible of fame concentrates raw talent into consumable products.
That product? It's people seeking out the presence of other people set in dramatic action.
People crave distracted, imaginary experiences.
It's time out of the world spent in a mental fiction of its making.
These fictions are pieced together from a patchwork of sensory data, symbols, and experience both then and now.
Fame's crucible is a sociopolitical function.
It delimits the talented few into entertainment genres, which are carefully managed.
The talented initiate aspires to the style and virtuosity of the current famous entertainer.
Through a symbolic conversion the initiate steps our of the shadow of her idol, the star who let her express emotions and experiences perhaps through a song.
This song and its tones awaken an ancient human impulse: complex and under symbolized emotions.
How many love songs does it take to get to the center?
In the process of becoming a star the initiate becomes a product measured by its popularity. 
Statistics plot the rise and fall of it through sales figures