On Public Figures and Private Lives
I’m sorta on the tail end of this topic, but what I can ascertain is whether MM is right to behave in a certain manner.
Well I’d have to say ‘yes’ to a degree, the reason being that he is undoubtedly the actor that would be pestered by the strange fans out there above Brian and maybe Xenia.
Your average fan would respect the privacy of the actor and only approach if encouraged to do so, whereas the hardcore element see the actor/actress as public property and feel it is within their rights to talk or bother the actor.
Now if I was an actor, I would soon begin to feel that my privacy was being invaded by people who felt as if they knew me personally, and would judge that all the small minority of hardcore fans make it impossible to access the ‘normal’ fans.
But the Halifax trip wasn’t like a Britney Spears backstage pass, with several hysterical fans screaming upon sight of their heroes.
FX, Blackie and the Frey were there in two capacities, one was for their own enjoyment, and the other was for this board.
In a sense they were journalists doing a job that they enjoyed, so maybe MM could have responded with a little more politeness than he showed.
Having said that, maybe he wanted to encourage fans to stay away from him, or maybe he has fell into the trap of believing in his own stardom too much, and has become a prima-donna, either way, we’ll never know.
But having heard that he tends to be shy, makes it more likely that he prefers to shun the spotlight, and let others take centre-stage.
Anyway, I do feel sorry for most celebs when their private lives are interrupted, but then some embrace it, while others do not, and it’s difficult to tell which.
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