Who was the first Third World Superstar?

Message Bookmarked

Bookmark Removed

Pele, Bob Marley, Bruce Lee? Or Ricky Ricardo?

(And I mean it in the modern pop culture sense, so don't say "Mohammed" or something.)

― andy, Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Gandhi?

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Carmen Miranda.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:16 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.adorocinemabrasileiro.com.br/personalidades/carmen-miranda/carmen-miranda03.jpg

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:17 (twenty-two years ago)

cool x-post!

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Fela was earlier than some.

― Dan i., Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Genghis Khan.

― Dorien Thomas (Dorien Thomas), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:27 (twenty-two years ago)

That African slave that became a bare-knuckle boxing champion and married into royalty. Him.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Third World Superstar: somebody who became a household name around the globe outside of the accepted First World channels, i.e. Hollywood, LA recording studios, etc. ... independently.

So Ida Lupino doesn't count, cause she was Hollywood all the way.

― andy, Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Jesus Christ

― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)

damn I was gonna say Nanook of the North.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:38 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah but who was the first 2nd world superstar?

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

boris badanof?

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Marx, duh.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Che Guevara was the first 2nd World superstar... he brought a dashing freshness to dull Kremlinology.

― andy, Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

nah, chopin.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I guess you never heard about Marx's softshoe routine, then.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I read that Marx was arrested in London for drunkenly throwing a cobblestone through a gaslamp. He was a partier, true.

― andy, Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

I actually miss the 2nd World. Those were good times. An occasional missle crisis, covert assasinations, but mostly peaceful days.

― andy, Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Luke Skywalker

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Third World Superstar: somebody who became a household name around the globe outside of the accepted First World channels, i.e. Hollywood, LA recording studios, etc. ... independently.

Doesn't most pop culture come mediated through some major business insitution nowdays?

Simon Bolivar get's my vote or Ben Franklin from back when N. America was the 2nd World.

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Simon Bolivar get's my vote

I didn't know Duran Duran where from the 3rd Wrld.

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Toussaint D'what's-his-name?

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:55 (twenty-two years ago)

ugh, WERE from!

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:55 (twenty-two years ago)

They were from Rio, yo.

― andy, Thursday, 29 April 2004 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

the town or the river twistin' through a dusty land?

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Toussaint L'Ouverture, the haitian 'freedom fighter'?

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Where are Duran Duran from in England?

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah Toussaint L'Overture (sp?) is who I meant.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

How about the Queen of Sheba?

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:16 (twenty-two years ago)

What about Charlie Chan... or his tight bro Fu Manchu?

― andy, Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Chang and Eng?

― Jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Romulus and Remus.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:21 (twenty-two years ago)

It's got to be Sabu -- a sensation in Elephant Boy and Thief of Baghdad in the late 'thirties.

― briania, Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Where are Duran Duran from in England?

Birmingham, although guessing by their accents, not the centre.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Romulus and Remus.

Ostensibly because, at its founding, Rome was not part of the 1st world.

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:27 (twenty-two years ago)

you, sir, are correct.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Barbarossa?

― Jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Roberto Clemente??

― thomas de'aguirre (biteylove), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Eve?

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Yahweh

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

no way

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Yahweh Right Away (old testament Burger King slogan)

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I'll have brimstone burger please.

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

freshly grilled on a burning bush!

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Uh, you want locusts with that?

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Yesh.

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

No, Sand Flies. Burning Bush Brimstone Burger with a side of flies.

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:48 (twenty-two years ago)

VITALIC.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:49 (twenty-two years ago)

he's from the ukraine. can i get away with that?

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I am embarrassed to say I can find no Hebrew translation for "You wanna super-size that?"

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Thursday, 29 April 2004 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)

You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.