Monday, February 27, 2012

EOC Week 8: Is she fair game?

Having just watched the movie Roman Holiday starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, some questions come to mind. Can someone like a princess be fair game for photos out in public? Or should someone show restraint and respect the person? Well to be quite honest both should be taken into consideration. Yes someone of such high status should expect to be photographed just about anytime they go out in public. There the paparazzi will be waiting to get their shots. For the most part they don't show any digression, taking photos any chance they get. Thats the norm for those types of people. Then theres the other type of person. Take for example Irving Radovich, played by Eddie Albert. Here was a photographer that actually understood the impact that his photos would have on the princess. Even though he took them first with only thoughts of making money on them but his tuned changed when Peck talked to him. Albert then understood that it was important that he kept the photos private and in the end actually gave them to the princess. Doing that really shows how his character developed from the beginning to end. Something like that happening for real would most likely not happen, this was a movie after all. However one could take that as a lesson on how to be. Understanding that the people their taking photos of are people that have feelings too not just some inanimate object is key. Once that is understood, you'll know the answer to if she's fair game or not.

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