From Utne Reader July-August 1997 p.51
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| Real | Real fake | Fake | Hyperfake | |
| (not bogus) | (classically bogus) | (merely bogus) | (so bogus it threatens the idea of the real) | |
| BLONDE BOMBSHELLS | Marilyn Monroe | Jayne Mansfield | Anna Nicole-Smith | Dennis Rodman |
| PRESIDENTS | FDR | Ronald Regan | Gerald Ford | Bill Clinton |
| LATIN DANCE CRAZES | samba | cha cha | lambada | macarena |
| IDEOLOGIES | despotism | Communism | Democratic Party | free trade |
| WHITE NEGROES | Johnny Otis | Jack Kerouac | Vanilla Ice | Michael Jackson |
| MEAT | T-bone | Spam | Tofu Pups | emu |
| VISIONARIES | Rachel Carson | Charles Reich | Faith Popcorn | Bill Gates |
| WARS | World War II | Spanish-American War | Gulf War | War on Drugs |
| ELVISES | Elvis in 1958 | Elvis in 1970 | The Flying Elvises | El Vez |
| MODES OF COPING | shit happens- get used to it | martinis | LaToya Jackson's Psychic Network | Heaven's Gate |