Who was Starchild?

Shider was born in Plainfield, New Jersey. At the age of ten and under the guidance of his father Jesse, Garry and his brothers played and sang behind many gospel artists of the time including legends such as Shirley Caesar, The Five Blind Boys, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, and others.
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Who was star child?

David Bowman as a Star Child (as seen in the 2001 film), going through lifecycles just as The Firstborn. The Star Child is what David Bowman becomes after his experience through the Star Gate, in the Jovian system, in Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Who was the first star child?

And just as with movies, the stage brought out the stars. Elsie Leslie Lyde (known as Elsie Leslie) was just one of these, but her youth made her special. She first stepped into the spotlight at only four years old, and within years had gained such celebrity that she's now considered to be America's first child star.
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What was Star Child real name?

Stanley Eisen (born January 20, 1952 in Queens, New York) known by his stage name Paul Stanley known as the Starchild. is the rhythm guitarist, frontman lead song writer of KISS.
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How do I know if I'm a star Child?

Star children have sensitive energies.

They are like sponges. So if they have been with a very aggressive person, they'll come back very aggressive. Similarly, if they've been with a gentle person, they'll come back feeling gentle. Star children are also very sensitive to your energies.
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What is the conflict of star Child?

Abandoned as an infant and raised by a poor woodcutter, The Star-Child grows up to be vain and cruel. But when he rejects a beggar who is revealed to be his mother, The Star-Child is punished, and sets out to seek forgiveness for his actions. Victorian author Oscar Wilde is known both as a playwright and prose author.
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Why did George Clinton wear a diaper?

TP: Does he wear a diaper? CLINTON: No, he don't wear the diaper. That was his dad's thing. Garry's brother played with us for a while, and he would wear a diaper.
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Who created the mothership?

George Clinton says that when he created the Mothership, he was trying to outdo everything in rock 'n' roll, including the elaborate Broadway musical Hair. "I definitely felt we needed something to be proud of as black people," Clinton says.
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Who wore a diaper in Funkadelic?

Garry Shider played in just a diaper onstage, earning him the nickname "Diaperman." The man behind "One Nation Under A Groove" is gone. Gary Shider was a guitarist and the musical director for Parliament Funkadelic from the band's heyday until just before his death on Wednesday.
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What is the moral of the star child?

The moral of Wilde's story is that no matter how beneficent their ruler, the people will never achieve progress without self-determination. You can read 'The Star Child' here. Margot Asquith was close to the seat of power.
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What was the final task given to the star child?

Again, the rabbit shows him where it is, and again, the beggar meets him at the gate, and again, the Star-Child gives him the gold. The sorcerer beats him and chains him up. For the final task, his master tells him that unless he finds the hidden piece of red gold, he will beat him to death.
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What does the star child represent in 2001?

The Starchild, as shown on screen, is a cinematic representation of the consciousness of Dave Bowman. His consciousness was drawn into the TMA-2 monolith. Bowman is effectively reborn within the monolith and looks over mankind. The image of the Starchild symbolizes this rebirth.
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Is Star Child out of print?

It's marked up quite a bit since it is out of print but still worth it in my opinion. A wonderful heartfelt and deep children's book with beautiful illustrations. written. 5.0 out of 5 stars This is a beautiful book that describes the ups and downs of life ...
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What is the baby at the end of 2001?

After doing so, Bowman is transformed by a mysterious black monolith into a new form of life, a wide-eyed fetus held in a glowing orb. The meaning and exact details of this event are widely debated, but the Bowman/Star Child represents the birth of the human race into a new future as a universal species.
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Who was the star child How did he grow up?

The Woodcutter and his wife treat the Star-Child as one of their own children for the next ten years. The Star-Child grows up to be a handsome boy but he is also very vain. As the son of a star, he believes himself to be superior to everyone else in the village.
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What does the term Mothership mean?

: a ship serving smaller craft.
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Where is the original Mothership?

The concert prop started as a symbol of "what could be" and is now located in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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What year did The Mothership land?

The Mothership landed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2011 after Kevin Strait, project historian for the museum, acquired it to anchor the museum's inaugural “Musical Crossroads” exhibition.
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Who plays the guitar solo on Maggot Brain?

They may be two of the most influential notes in funk-rock history: the soaring, plaintive start to guitarist Eddie Hazel's legendary solo in Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain."
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Who played guitar for Parliament-Funkadelic?

Garry Shider, the funk-rock guitarist and singer whose spacey but soulful and rhythmically powerful playing provided one of the pillars of the influential Parliament-Funkadelic sound of the 1970s and propelled him into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, died on Wednesday at his home in Upper Marlboro, Md. He was 56.
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How old was Bernie Worrell when he died?

Bernie Worrell died at his home in Everson, Washington, on June 24, 2016, at the age of 72. His wife issued a statement that "Bernie transitioned Home to The Great Spirit. Rest in peace, my love—you definitely made the world a better place. Till we meet again, vaya con Dios."
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Where is the conflict in a story?

What Is Conflict? In literature and film, conflict is a clash between two opposing forces that creates the narrative thread for a story. Conflict occurs when the main character struggles with either an external conflict or an internal conflict.
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What happened to the star child when he rejected the beggar woman?

And the Star-Child wept and bowed his head, and prayed forgiveness of God's things, and went on through the forest, seeking for the beggar-woman. And on the third day he came to the other side of the forest and went down into the plain.
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What was the punishment given to the Star Child by the beggar?

One day, a beggar, haggard and with bleeding feet, comes to town in search of her lost son, who the Star-Child is revealed to be. However, he rejects her and sends her away, and in doing so, is transformed into a loathsome cross between a toad and a snake as a punishment.
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