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What makes an iconic figure in visual culture? John Travolta Iconic figures play a large part in our lives without us realising it. It doesn't matter if it's a film star, a pop star, sports hero and so on. Television, radio, magazines, advertising and any other type of media force them upon us. We allow this because we enjoy it. We enjoy having these heroes, fictional or not around us. It gives us someone or something to look up to, someone to envy. Before iconic figures were born there were stars. They first originated from the performers in the theatre. Then in the 1920s and '30s after films were created the Hollywood star system was born. To become a star then you had to follow a strict set of unwritten rules. A few examples of this would be if you were male you couldn't be bald and if you were you...

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