Suffering in cinema can be crucial to how stars are cast in roles and perceived by audiences; whether it is performed on the screen or weathered in the form of scandal; heartbreak; disfiguration; or aging in an actorrsquo;s real life. In Star Bodies and the Erotics of Suffering; editors Rebecca Bell-Metereau and Colleen Glenn assemble thirteen scholars to consider fourteen stars whose careers have been defined by suffering on- or off-screen. Together; these essays question assumptions that an actorrsquo;s ability to project an enduring imagemdash;both symbolic and physicalmdash;is necessary for box-office success; demonstrating instead that disruptions often shape and direct the star image. Contributors in this collection examine a wide range of stars from the last seventy years. Some essays deal with actors who have transformed temporarily for a role; or permanently; through aging or accident; such as Joaquin Phoenix; Daniel Day-Lewis; Mickey Rourke; Charlize Theron; and Hilary Swank. Other essays consider starsrsquo; attempts to conceal aspects of themselves from the public in order to maintain a palatable public image; including Rita Hayworth; Rock Hudson; and Michael Jackson. Some explore typecasting and audience expectations; noting how struggles with marriage; divorce; and aging intersect in the images of Natalie Wood; Marilyn Monroe; and Harrison Ford. A final set considers Sissy Spacek; Julia Roberts; and Halle Berry as women who reconfigure negative press and restrictive gender and racial expectations to their advantage; managing public perceptions of suffering in ways that flummox their critics. Star Bodies and the Erotics of Suffering offers film buffs; students; and scholars a fresh take on casting; method acting; audience reception; and the tensions at play in our fascination with an actorrsquo;s dual role as private individual and cultural icon.
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