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Insights into Celebrity Humanitarianism from Zadie Smith’s SWING TIME

Insights into Celebrity Humanitarianism from Zadie Smith’s SWING TIME

It’s not novel for celebrities to dip their toes into humanitarian waters. Actor Danny Kaye was named the first UNICEF ambassador-at-large in 1954, a full two decades before Angelina Jolie was even born. The trope of the well-meaning but clueless celebrity do-gooder is so entrenched that it’s become easy prey for satire.