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A poseur is someone who poses for effect, or behaves affectedly, [1] who affects a particular attitude, character or manner to impress others, [2] or who pretends to belong to a particular group. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A poseur may be a person who pretends to be what they are not or an insincere person; [ 5 ] they may have a flair for drama or behave as ...
Philo Vance is a fictional amateur detective originally featured in 12 crime novels by S. S. Van Dine in the 1920s and 1930s. During that time, Vance was immensely popular in books, films, and radio.
X-Ray Spex were an English punk rock band formed in 1976 in London.. During their first incarnation (1976–1979), X-Ray Spex released five singles and one album. [1] Their 1977 single "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" and 1978 debut album Germfree Adolescents are widely acclaimed as classic punk releases.
Sitwell published poetry continuously from 1913, some of it abstract and set to music. With her dramatic style and exotic costumes, she was sometimes labelled a poseur, but her work was praised for its solid technique and painstaking craftsmanship. She was a recipient of the Benson Medal of the Royal Society of Literature.
Poseur, a person who inauthentically adopts a certain subculture; a person playing a role, a role-play, a fake, an imposter; Bob Poser (1910–2002), U.S. baseball player; Charles Poser (1923–2010), Belgian-American neurologist; Christian Poser (born 1986), German bobsledder; Dániel Póser (born 1990), Hungarian soccer player
Scholar Daniel S. Traber argues that "attaining authenticity in the punk identity can be difficult"; as the punk scene matured, he observes, eventually "everyone got called a poseur". [18] Cultural scholars and music journalists have often attributed 'true' punk rock as a movement and cultural fad confined to western world in the 1970s and 1980s.
Ali G is a fictional stereotype of a British suburban male "chav" also known as Alex or Alistair; who imitates inner-city urban British hip hop culture and British Jamaican culture, particularly through hip hop, reggae, drum and bass and jungle music, as well as speaking in rude boy-style Multicultural London English from Jamaican Patois.
Everything that life can throw at you was reflected in his very being. It was impossible for him to be boring. He was outrageous, always provocative, alternately full of indignation or humor, never censoring his words or behavior. But the main thing is that Gregory was authentic. He could play to the audience, but he was never a phony poseur.