Travolta Without Borders: How a Disco Has-Been Became the World’s Favorite Cultural Glitch
John Travolta and the Global Masquerade: How a Disco King Became the Planet’s Favorite Glitch PARIS—Somewhere between a French disco in 1977 and a Kazakhstani meme in 2024, John Travolta transcended mere Hollywood stardom and became a passport-stamped, universally mispronounced cultural glitch. The Italians call him “Giovanni il Travolgente,” the Japanese have a verb, toraboruta-ru,…