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Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon or “Bacon’s Law” is a parlour game based on the “six degrees of separation” concept, which posits that any two people on Earth are six or fewer acquaintance links apart. Movie buffs challenge each other to find the shortest path between an arbitrary actor and prolific actor Kevin Bacon. It rests on the assumption that anyone involved in the Hollywood film industry can be linked through their film roles to Bacon within six steps. In 2007, Bacon started a charitable organization called SixDegrees.org.
Here’s an example –
Bill Pullman has a Bacon number of 2.
Bill Pullman has a Bacon number of 2.
Bill Pullman
was in
A League of Their Own
with
Tracy Reiner
who was in
Apollo 13
with
Kevin Bacon
was in
A League of Their Own
with
Tracy Reiner
who was in
Apollo 13
with
Kevin Bacon
MONEY MONEY MONEY (1976 Abba song or a hint to the starts of 17-, 23-, 38- and 50-Across), SCRATCH AND SNIFF (17A. Like some stickers), GREEN GOBLIN (23A. Enemy of Spider-Man), BREAD CRUMB TRAIL (38A Navigation aid for Hansel and Gretel) and BACON NUMBER (50A. Degrees of separation in a Hollywood parlor game) constitute the interrelated group of this Tuesday crossword. Step 1: Introduction to the question 'Which movie star inspired a game celebrating his connection with every actor in Hollywood?Over two decades ago, a parlor game called 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' became an unlikely grass-roots phenomenon among movie buffs. The game, requires players to link celebrities to Kevin Bacon, in as few steps as possible, via the movies they have in common.
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Try it out at: The Oracle of Bacon
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