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Was better than the slanted view of Smash His Camera.

posted 14 years ago by jeanpierre15
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I was really impressed by Grenier balanced perspective and reference to the book Mediated. It was much less campy and slanted into the cheesy use of the amendment right to freedom of press to exploit privacy that was use in Smash His Camera.

It's my view that an entertain doesn't maintain as a public figure, due to his disunity between himself and the public. It tends to deter from the actual product of performance. The public claims that status it imposes upon them, not the other way around.

With all the money alloted by patrons, you'd think that these senseless voyeurs would realize the manufacturing of personas they erect.

[–] Alexej 13 years ago

Amen to that! Acting is an art form, actors are artists. Just because they use their own bodies for their art and people can see them on the big screen does not make them public figures.

Matt Damon expressed it nicely. He is not a celebrity who happens to act, he is an actor whom others see as a celebrity. He never asked to be a celebrity. Neither did Whoopi nor most other actors.

There are no-talent hacks like Paris Hilton who enjoy their undeserved celebrity status, but they are an exception.

By the way, the author of this doc, Adrian or whatever his name was, really hurt that Austin kid. Austin was just a normal kid who was very talented (the photos he showed from before he papped were amazing) who was going through a phase and would have most likely found something better to do in a few weeks if this Adrian did not push him into his doc. He was a really nice kid in the beginning, then became more and more obnoxious, and was eventually shocked and embarrassed by his own behavior when watching the early cut of the film.

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