What happens when a fan and an actor from their fandom become friends? On this week's Fandom Made Me, host Sabrina Cartan joins actor and entrepreneur John Cabrera in conversation about building community between fans and artists.
Known for his role as Brian Fuller on Gilmore Girls, John had a secret: he never actually watched the show until recently! In 2021, he created the fandom app and ecosystem Remarkist to bring fan communities together for watch parties, games, puzzles, and community building, first with a complete watch-through of GG, and then expanding to other worlds, from Disney movies to Taylor Swift Midnight to Mrs. Maisel's recent season premiere.
As an expert contributor to Remarkist Magazine, Sabrina reflects with John on parasocial relationships between celebrities and fans, producing TV for a fandom-centric world, John's stint as a LOST blogger in the 2000s, and of course, plenty of behind-the-scenes thoughts on the making of Gilmore Girls.
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Read Sabrina's ranking of the 15 Greatest Devoted Fandoms of All Time in Remarkist Magazine:
https://mag.remarkist.com/p/the-15-greatest-devoted-fandoms-of
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https://www.facebook.com/johncabrera
https://instagram.com/unboiled/
https://twitter.com/johncabrera
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