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The word personality comes from the Latin persona: the mask. But behind the mask of the fan, who is really hiding?<div> Arthur Gomez is a huge Eminem fan, to the point of having built his relationship to the world around the persona known as Slim Shady.</div><div> The rapper's influence is such that the word Stan (taken from one of his songs) has even made its way into the Oxford Dictionary to describe obsessive fans.</div><div><br></div><div> But at a time when idols, influencers, and stars are taking up more and more space, when we identify with public figures to the point of merging with them, one question remains: does the mask of the fan serve to hide what we are... or to reveal what we do not dare to be?</div><div><br></div><div> Between humor, confidences, punchlines and absurd detours, Please Stand Up explores this intimate relationship with idols.</div><div> This is not just the story of a kid from Grenoble who dreamed of becoming Eminem: it is also the story of a mask that we all wear one day, and what it reveals when we dare to take it off.</div><div><br></div><div> "I guess there's a Slim Shady in all of us, fuck it... let's all Stand-Up."</div>