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rockinhamburgerWould you be okay with a complete stranger to taking a picture of you? If someone snapped a shot of you without asking, would you be cool with it? I wouldn't. In fact, whenever strangers have tried to take photos of me I've been fairly explicit in my disapproval. Why? 'Cause it's creepy.
Now, if I'm wearing something outlandish and someone says, "I love your outfit, can I take a picture of you?", it's a different story. The difference, I'm sure you'll notice, is that permission has been requested.
You see, Adam Lambert's brother, Neil (@negativeneil), is working as a roadie for the GlamNation tour this summer. According to Neil's Twitter, he's been running into some trouble with fans who wait outside Adam's shows and take photos of him while he's working, and he's grown increasingly frustrated with this and become more vocal about the subject on his Twitter.
Last night I read a snide comment in a community I love that called Neil an attention-seeking jerk. Now, it didn't take very much time or effort to work out what this commenter was referring to, and I didn't respond to the comment because I hate getting into debates in any community; doing so in the past has ended badly for me, and I'd rather avoid the trouble.
But it bothered me enough that I wanted to say something in my journal.
I think Neil's a cool guy. I definitely don't think he's an attention-seeking jerk. And if I were in his shoes, I'd be irritated by fans (of my brother, no less) taking pictures of me while I was working. Why? 'Cause it's creepy.
What do you think?
Now, if I'm wearing something outlandish and someone says, "I love your outfit, can I take a picture of you?", it's a different story. The difference, I'm sure you'll notice, is that permission has been requested.
You see, Adam Lambert's brother, Neil (@negativeneil), is working as a roadie for the GlamNation tour this summer. According to Neil's Twitter, he's been running into some trouble with fans who wait outside Adam's shows and take photos of him while he's working, and he's grown increasingly frustrated with this and become more vocal about the subject on his Twitter.
Last night I read a snide comment in a community I love that called Neil an attention-seeking jerk. Now, it didn't take very much time or effort to work out what this commenter was referring to, and I didn't respond to the comment because I hate getting into debates in any community; doing so in the past has ended badly for me, and I'd rather avoid the trouble.
But it bothered me enough that I wanted to say something in my journal.
I think Neil's a cool guy. I definitely don't think he's an attention-seeking jerk. And if I were in his shoes, I'd be irritated by fans (of my brother, no less) taking pictures of me while I was working. Why? 'Cause it's creepy.
What do you think?
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Date: 2010-07-03 03:34 am (UTC)HOWEVER...I think that once Neil started engaging with the fans (particularly accepting a freakin' piano from them), he crossed the line into celebrity of a sort, and so now needs to deal with what comes.
AND fans taking photos of people moving equipment outside of concert venues isn't unusual, anyway. It's interesting, people have their cameras anyway for the show, they're excited, etc.
So, yeah, sort of rude on fans' part, but I don't think Neil should expect to be treated differently than anyone else that's part of that tour and engages with the fans on Twitter. Do I think he's horrible? No. Do I think he should expect a bit of it? Yeah.
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Date: 2010-07-03 03:53 am (UTC)But I'd wager that any fan who participated in getting him that piano is the kind of fan who'd go right up and say, "Hey, I'm ____, I put in for your piano," and he'd be thrilled to thank them personally, take a picture with them, and give them an autograph if they wished.
I guess part of it is also that I just don't see the interest in snapping a photo of a roadie carrying something. Unless they're carrying Adam's wardrobe, I don't know.
You make very good points!