Paparazzi Go Too Far Analysis

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Think about it: if there are cameras photographing you all the time, every s-e-c-o-n-d in your life, how do you feel? Is it good or bad? It is obvious that most people’s answer is bad. Because we can easily think of the results if we always captured by cameras, which might absolutely make us feel restricted and uncomfortable. However, there are a large numbers of people, such as singers, actors, football stars, politicians or even the imperial family are almost totally live under the cameras. Except for their working hours, these famous figures often followed by paparazzi, who want to secretly dig some news for broadcasting. Ironically, those who don’t want to be photographed all the time are quite enjoying watching these types of news. In …show more content…
Let’s begin the issue with “privacy right”. Apparently, no one would like to be spied by others all the time. Human beings need some personally space to calm down, release upset emotions, meditate, or just be free enjoying their own life without disturbing by others. And most people require these space in demand almost every single day. If we, or paparazzi always follow behind celebrities, actually we are not respect them as a human being since we can’t maintain their basic privacy right. For instance, I think one of the most famous example around the world is Princess Diana’s death. In 1997, the paparazzi wanted to photograph Princess Diana who was in a driving car because her companion Dodi Fayed was in car as well. Paparazzi eager to cause a sensation with the help of this hot topic. While Princess Diana noticed the paparazzi ran after her, she asked her driver to speed up in order to get rid of the paparazzi. However, unfortunately, the high-speed driving caused a serious car accident. Three people killed, involving Princess Diana, Dodi Fayed and the driver. What we see in this tragic event is that we can not only realize spying on celebrities might lead to an irrevocable situation, but also find the audience favor foster the rampant paparazzi. In my opinion, if none of the audience devote to watch these gossip news, paparazzi wouldn’t develop and become so aggressive. All in all, we audience still …show more content…
We can’t deny that we zoom in others behavior, who are better than us in some cases like financial abilities, academic performances, social status and so on. Celebrities are those shine under the spotlight, chasing by enthusiastic fans are included in the category that people somehow jealous of as well. As a result, whenever celebrities are photographed some inappropriate behaviors, even very small things, paparazzi would make the news and put some sensational titles, and keep broadcasting for few days. Then, when the audience see these news, they might consider finally they get the goods on the famous figures and comments them to friends, on the internet, or via social media unforgivingly. Nevertheless, perhaps, the inappropriate photos are not the truth or just something like smoking, throwing garbage on road that actually lots people do, not just celebrities. But because they are zoomed in and judged by these photos, medias, people blindly following the news, or we say those jealous ones, their behaviors are unqualified to be inappropriate. Take a very popular Korean singer GD as an example. Several years ago, GD’s personal smartphone is hacked and then all photos in his phone album was spreading on the internet all around the world. These photos, including some women whom he secretly dated dressing in revealing clothes, soon cause a serious sensation in

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