I have to tell you... I was flipping through the channels with my wife and we settled on the mindless escapism that is "E!". After about a half hour of celebrity bullshit, I had a realization. I honestly cannot think of a more meaningless job than that of the paparazzi. I imagined myself interviewing one of these guys and it went something like this:
Me: "So, what is it, exactly, that you do?"
Joe Paparazzi: "Well, I uh... I am a photographer."
Me: "Right, you photograph celebrities I understand."
JP: "Yeah... that's right."
Me: "So, do they make appointments with you?"
JP: "*sigh* No, not exactly... I, umm, catch them when they are out in public and I sometimes follow them home."
Me: "So, you're a stalker."
JP: "Uhh..."
Me: "Isn't it true that you also sometimes go through the trash of movie stars in the hopes of finding some sort of evidence of a personal problem/flaw, such as pill bottles, pregnancy tests, etc.?"
JP: "Uhh..."
Me: "Isn't it a little sad to you that your job holds absolutely no meaning whatsoever?"
JP: "I'm an entertainer. I entertain people with my photos..."
Me: "No, you irritate the people that entertain."
JP: "..."
Me: "You have dedicated your life to a job that has no meaning or value. The guy that jumps into the vats of shit at the sewage plants serve more of a purpose. For that matter, so does the guy who cleans out the spank booths at the porn shops."
JP: *Storms away cursing to himself*
Sad...
Me: "So, what is it, exactly, that you do?"
Joe Paparazzi: "Well, I uh... I am a photographer."
Me: "Right, you photograph celebrities I understand."
JP: "Yeah... that's right."
Me: "So, do they make appointments with you?"
JP: "*sigh* No, not exactly... I, umm, catch them when they are out in public and I sometimes follow them home."
Me: "So, you're a stalker."
JP: "Uhh..."
Me: "Isn't it true that you also sometimes go through the trash of movie stars in the hopes of finding some sort of evidence of a personal problem/flaw, such as pill bottles, pregnancy tests, etc.?"
JP: "Uhh..."
Me: "Isn't it a little sad to you that your job holds absolutely no meaning whatsoever?"
JP: "I'm an entertainer. I entertain people with my photos..."
Me: "No, you irritate the people that entertain."
JP: "..."
Me: "You have dedicated your life to a job that has no meaning or value. The guy that jumps into the vats of shit at the sewage plants serve more of a purpose. For that matter, so does the guy who cleans out the spank booths at the porn shops."
JP: *Storms away cursing to himself*
Sad...
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