Recently, Nicole Kidman and her husband requested Australian media and paparazzi not to hound them for photographs as they want to show their kid the places, they grew up in. In short they asked for privacy.
They didn’t want the ‘peeping toms’ around the world to have access to their private family moments. They deserve to keep things like that private. So does every star, whether in Hollywood or Bollywood or Sarkozy-Bruni, anyone deserves to have their privacy. But, what wonders me the most is that none of these stars protest against reality TV programs like Big Brother, Big Boss brought out by the entertainment industry, which does nothing but encourages our ‘peeping tom’ instincts.
In these programs celebrities live in a studio/house, without any contact with the outer world (huh!), where every activity of theirs is recorded and telecasted on TV as daily soap. So, you get to see what the celebs (though most of the time B-grade actors or some what extraordinary common people are roped in as contestants, who becomes celebrities, as the show begins) do when they are not in make-up, gloss and designer outfits.
This is what the paparazzi tries get for the audience, readers worldwide. They want to show the fans, what their stars and heroes do when they are doing acting. Does the pay check that the contestants of such reality TV shows get make all the difference? I won’t jot the universally accepted answer. Because these same contestants would object to paparazzi and media not allowing them live peacefully once they become ‘known’. After all, participating in shows like these can catapult one to a celebrity status that acting and singing in dozen of films and songs cannot do. Like Indian actress Shilpa Shetty, who got international fame after winning the UK ‘Big Brother’ show. Her tormentor in the show, Jade Goody, whom Shilpa accused of being racist will be participating in the Indian equivalent of ‘Big Brother’, Big Boss (season 2), which Ms. Shetty would be hosting.
One cannot ask for privacy, at the same time very well tolerate shows which actually show the stars when they are not wearing make-up. If some one believes that the media frenzy to get exclusives about the private life of stars and people is crossing all boundaries, then one must also voice against such reality shows like Big Brother , Big Boss which records the activities of its contestants all round the clock.
They didn’t want the ‘peeping toms’ around the world to have access to their private family moments. They deserve to keep things like that private. So does every star, whether in Hollywood or Bollywood or Sarkozy-Bruni, anyone deserves to have their privacy. But, what wonders me the most is that none of these stars protest against reality TV programs like Big Brother, Big Boss brought out by the entertainment industry, which does nothing but encourages our ‘peeping tom’ instincts.
In these programs celebrities live in a studio/house, without any contact with the outer world (huh!), where every activity of theirs is recorded and telecasted on TV as daily soap. So, you get to see what the celebs (though most of the time B-grade actors or some what extraordinary common people are roped in as contestants, who becomes celebrities, as the show begins) do when they are not in make-up, gloss and designer outfits.
This is what the paparazzi tries get for the audience, readers worldwide. They want to show the fans, what their stars and heroes do when they are doing acting. Does the pay check that the contestants of such reality TV shows get make all the difference? I won’t jot the universally accepted answer. Because these same contestants would object to paparazzi and media not allowing them live peacefully once they become ‘known’. After all, participating in shows like these can catapult one to a celebrity status that acting and singing in dozen of films and songs cannot do. Like Indian actress Shilpa Shetty, who got international fame after winning the UK ‘Big Brother’ show. Her tormentor in the show, Jade Goody, whom Shilpa accused of being racist will be participating in the Indian equivalent of ‘Big Brother’, Big Boss (season 2), which Ms. Shetty would be hosting.
One cannot ask for privacy, at the same time very well tolerate shows which actually show the stars when they are not wearing make-up. If some one believes that the media frenzy to get exclusives about the private life of stars and people is crossing all boundaries, then one must also voice against such reality shows like Big Brother , Big Boss which records the activities of its contestants all round the clock.
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