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serious crayons:
Well, all jobs have their good and bad sides. Some require you to risk your life every day. Some have no health insurance, and don't pay enough so you can afford to buy it privately. Some require doing physically hard or disgusting work. And some mean having to be harassed by paparazzi.
I'm not completely pooh-poohing the hassle of being pursued and watched constantly. It would be awful. I'd never dream of approaching a celebrity in his/her daily life.
But among all the potential downsides of jobs, I can't say that seems like the worst one. Especially when, as Janice said, it's balanced with all those other perks and favors and bonuses AND huge salaries.
oilgun:
--- Quote from: ifyoucantfixit on July 14, 2007, 09:49:53 pm --- However I didnt know that my expressing of my opinion would make me subject to being removed from the welcome wagon.
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Sorry, Janice, that comment about the Welcome Wagon was just a joke. A joke gone bad, obviously ;) Of course, everyone is welcome to express their opinion. Please accept my apologies.
We have to admit that this paparazzi insanity has increased dramatically in the last few years. Look at all the magazines that have popped up that support these bottom feeders. Where there used to be just a couple there are now dozens, all featuring stalking photographs of celebrities buying coffee & scratching their bums. I doubt that older stars, save maybe the Beatles and Elvis, had to deal with this issue to such an extent. It's become ridiculous and frankly disturbing when you consider what it says about our society. I think that's why these paps bother me so much, their photographs make me feel like a pathetic voyeur or stalker, and they are impossible to avoid. Not to mention that the paps were instrumental in the death of Diana. How many celebrities have to die before we put a stop to this dangerous practive? ;-) Of course there are the faux-celebrities that court the paps and would be nothing without them (The Paris Hiltons & Nicole Richies). They can drive head-on into concrete columns anytime, lol!
ednbarby:
It's worth a lot, Susie! I agree completely.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Susiebell on July 15, 2007, 02:09:23 pm ---I think it's simple ... there should be a law forbidding anyone from taking your photograh without your express permission unless you're a) At a public event b) At a photoshoot c) Doing something illegal. No one has the right to chase you about incessantly, shoving a camera in your face. These people have just as much right to privacy as every other human being! There's already a law in place to protect children in the UK, it should be extended to include grown ups.
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I think those restrictions would get pretty hazy in practice, though. What distinguishes a public event vs. just being out in public? For example, what about celebrities on the sidelines at basketball games? What if they're at the beach on the same day as a volleyball tournament (or whatever)? I think the courts would quickly fill with lawsuits devoted to untangling these questions.
And I wouldn't like to leave it up to some paparazzo to judge whether a celebrity is engaged in an illegal activity or not, especially because the photo itself might be unclear or deceptive. Can we be absolutely sure that the supermodel sitting next to some white lines is engaged in snorting cocaine? It sure would be in the paparazzo's interest to argue that she was, or try to compose the picture so it looks like she was, or even Photoshop it to look like she was, if it means the difference between a usable, legal and valuable photo vs. an unusable and thus worthless one.
Also, photos of crowds or street scenes would become pretty much obsolete -- no way to get express permission from all those people.
The rule now is that if you're out in public, you're fair game. Inconvenient for celebrities, no doubt, but it's hard to see a practical and fair way around that.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Susiebell on July 15, 2007, 06:53:23 pm ---.... well then, it's a pity that these photographers don't simply have the common decency to know when to leave people alone.
Susie
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Or that the entire magazine buying and TV watching public doesn't have the common decency to know when to leave people alone. Paparazzi are only part of the problem. If there weren't a thriving market for those pictures, paparazzi would be out of their jobs. But the public's interest in celebrities' private lives seems boundless.
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