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Could Parasitic Fandom Ever Mean Anything: When Eminem Wrote Stan

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Simon Sweetman
Mar 10, 2022
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When Eminem sang a song called Stan, he imagined a world where a crazy fan was outraged by the star not recognising how much he cared, too busy to reply uninterested in acknowledging that it was the fans that helped make stars who they were, how they are and what they became. It’s a lurid fantasy that is brilliantly realised, deftly written and delivere…

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