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Serious question, did anyone else see that report about how many paparazzi shots are actually staged?
I was reading an article on The Cut last week that said a publicist admitted they arrange about 30% of 'candid' celebrity photos. It makes you wonder if any of those 'caught off guard' moments are real. How do you even start to tell the difference?
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daniela851mo ago
My friend works in PR and says it's way more than that...
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fox.julia1mo ago
Wait, so what's the point then? Like, if they're all fake, why do we even care about them?
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You said "if they're all fake, why do we even care?" That's the whole thing. We care because they make us feel something real. A story doesn't have to be true to make you laugh or think or get mad. The point is the reaction it gets, the talk it starts. That stuff is real even if the story isn't.
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williamhenderson7d ago
Two years ago there was this fake story about a guy who faked his own death to avoid a credit card bill, and people went nuts over it for weeks. It made us talk about debt, accountability, and how broke everyone is, which is way more real than whatever actually happened to that one dude. So yeah, the story being made up doesn't change the fact that it got a bunch of strangers arguing about something that actually matters.
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