Russell Brand has always understood the importance of an audience. Whether entertaining television viewers, provoking political opponents or preaching to a new generation of followers, he has rarely been short of attention.
For years, Russell Brand presented himself as a revolutionary opposed to conventional society. Yet the relationship between celebrity rebellion and the establishment has always been rather more complicated than the slogans suggest.
His latest transformation raises some fascinating questions about celebrity, authenticity and the extraordinary ability of public figures to reinvent themselves.
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