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The mostly harmless adulation of celebrities, singers, racing car drivers and the like is common, but fans need to be careful not to go overboard.
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Jill Lim
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SINGAPORE – Your Gen Z child gets super-animated while talking about a fictional character from an anime. She can rattle off his or her backstory, strengths, friends, enemies, likes and dislikes.
However, her eyes glaze over at the mention of real-life heroes and icons of history, such as war hero Lim Bo Seng, and civil rights activists Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks.
