Mario is the plumber with the red hat video game character that popped up in the 80’s in the Donkey Kong video game. He has been in countless games since for the Nintendo video game machines and has even had his own cartoon, movie, and comic book. Just about anyone who grew up in the 80’s or 90’s will have fond memories of playing his games in their childhood. I did not know another kid who didn’t like playing Mario games on their Nintendo when I was a child, and my mother can confirm I spent a major amount of time piloting him to conquer the evil King Koopa.
Barack Obama has been called the “Celebrity President” by many. If you think about it, it is true. The election was over eight months ago, yet you still see him on magazine covers and on book shelves everywhere. The public seems to follow his every move, even when he swats a fly as we saw a few weeks ago. Many compare his popularity to that of John F. Kennedy when he was president. I am not going to get into politics, but he is the only president that seems real to me since I saw him in person once, rather than on TV or in a book.
The movie Star Wars has been big in American pop culture since it was released. It is one of the 10 highest grossing movies of all time and one of the most unmistakable. Even people that I know that have never seen it can recognize it when they see it on TV. It has reached so far that it influenced how movies were made all the way up to today. You also can see it parodied in all sorts of TV shows and movies. I personally loved the movie as a kid and still do enjoy it. Working at a comic book store in my teens, I heard many conversations and arguments about the movie and how it affected other movies.
I like who chose as your icons. I too remember when Super Mario Brothers came out. Our house was the first on the block to have a Nintendo. Let's just say we bacame the most popular on the block spending hours playing. I do see a lot of Barack's popularity being compared with JFK's in the media. I think that as long as people still believe in him and back him up on his plans then he may outdo JFK. I remeber watching Star Wars when I was younger. When the new trilogy of Star Wars movies were released I really didn't care to see them due to the fact that I like the original and didn't want to compare the new to the old. That wasn't meant to be I have a soon to be 8 year old who became very interested in Star Wars a couple of years ago. So I have now seen all of them. I think they are all great movies. It just goes to show how icons can stay popular over generations.
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