Paparazzi: When Is It Too Much Information
ENG 101
Kelsey Johannsen
April 22, 2010
Paparazzi: When is it too much Information?
Imagine if you will living in a world were everyday you are constantly followed by people taking your picture, asking personal questions, and harassing you day and night. Everything about you is being judged by everybody. Your weight, the clothes you wear, and even your relationships with others are being watched. You feel like you’re a zoo animal. Locked in a small box, crowded by pointing and loud strangers, and no were to run. For many celebrities a day of unflattering pictures, personal secrets being relived, and flashes going off everywhere, is routine. Something should be done about the rising force of the paparazzi. Today, the stars of our movies, TV shows, and athletics are being harassed on a daily base. If no laws or restrictions are put on the paparazzi soon, something tragic will happen to one of our beloved icons before it’s too late. There are two different kinds of people who are followed by the vicious Paparazzi. People don’t realize, but there is a difference between being famous and being a celebrity. The definition for being a famous person is, “A widely known and esteemed person.” (Google) Such as a famous actor, a celebrated musician, a historian or a painter. A celebrity is a “Widely known person.”(Google) This could mean anyone such as reality Show stars, people who have success, and people who have lots of money. This shows that anybody could be turned into a celebrity. If a person were followed around with cameras every day, and told by the people on online blogs, gossips TV shows, and magazines that they were a celebrity, we would believe them.
Before Paparazzi, there use to be a kind of privacy between famous people and their fans. People always looked up to them. They were our idols and the people who seemed perfect. They were our heroes and they were people we looked up to. Great examples of Hollywood starlets are Audrey Hepburn,
Kelsey Johannsen
April 22, 2010
Paparazzi: When is it too much Information?
Imagine if you will living in a world were everyday you are constantly followed by people taking your picture, asking personal questions, and harassing you day and night. Everything about you is being judged by everybody. Your weight, the clothes you wear, and even your relationships with others are being watched. You feel like you’re a zoo animal. Locked in a small box, crowded by pointing and loud strangers, and no were to run. For many celebrities a day of unflattering pictures, personal secrets being relived, and flashes going off everywhere, is routine. Something should be done about the rising force of the paparazzi. Today, the stars of our movies, TV shows, and athletics are being harassed on a daily base. If no laws or restrictions are put on the paparazzi soon, something tragic will happen to one of our beloved icons before it’s too late. There are two different kinds of people who are followed by the vicious Paparazzi. People don’t realize, but there is a difference between being famous and being a celebrity. The definition for being a famous person is, “A widely known and esteemed person.” (Google) Such as a famous actor, a celebrated musician, a historian or a painter. A celebrity is a “Widely known person.”(Google) This could mean anyone such as reality Show stars, people who have success, and people who have lots of money. This shows that anybody could be turned into a celebrity. If a person were followed around with cameras every day, and told by the people on online blogs, gossips TV shows, and magazines that they were a celebrity, we would believe them.
Before Paparazzi, there use to be a kind of privacy between famous people and their fans. People always looked up to them. They were our idols and the people who seemed perfect. They were our heroes and they were people we looked up to. Great examples of Hollywood starlets are Audrey Hepburn,
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