Ultimately, the power of the Internet is its potential for intimacya paradoxical promise because distance is built into the dance. Connections happen online: Cronies from the old nabe magically surface; lost family artifacts reappear. A fan from Atlanta types to Eric Roberts: ''I have a photo from 30 years ago of you [and] your dad at the Actor's and Writer's Workshop, when I was there.'' ''I would love that photo,'' Roberts responds. ''That is so cool. I like this.''

And questions asked by an audience often elicit more interesting replies than interrogations by an entertainment journalist. Stars may be willing, even eager, to talk to ordinary people — they just don't want them showing up in front of their homes. In the insulated world of fame, cyberspace may become the only place where stars can wander without bodyguards and don't need to look their best.

Someone should tell Kato.

Originally posted Jun 28, 1996 Published in issue #333-334 Jun 28, 1996 Order article reprints
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