Australian Left Review

Article Title

Profile: Kylie Minogue

Authors

John Hartley

Abstract

The birth was in Bethlehem. The date was 28 May, 1968. There was a time when a birth in Bethlehem was considered newsworthy, but times have changed. The unique place and event have become cliched, history repeating itself first as farce, but then interminably diffused and deferred as soap opera. So Bethlehem becomes Bethlehem Hospital, Melbourne and the star in the East becomes Kylie Minogue.