Rope line

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Setting for celebrity/fans interaction

title: "Rope line" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["celebrity", "perimeter-security"] description: "Setting for celebrity/fans interaction" topic_path: "general/celebrity" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_line" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Setting for celebrity/fans interaction ::

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A rope line is a setting in which a major celebrity, i.e. movie star, musician, supermodel, politician, internet celebrity, interacts with the general public. A crowd control barrier – originally a rope but now typically a secure metal fence – separates the celebrity from the crowd. In American political terminology, a politician "walking down the rope line" or "working the rope line" is engaging with their supporters – hand shaking, chatting, signing autographs and providing photo opportunities.

Popular use

In 2004, U.S. President George W. Bush explained that he had only met Ahmed Chalabi in informal settings, such as when he was "just kind of working through the rope line" at the 2004 State of the Union address.

References

(2013). "The Rope Line". Cengage Learning.
[https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2004/06/20040601-2.html President Bush Discusses the Iraqi Interim Government], [[Archives.gov]]

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