i genuinely think people harassing celebs is a labor rights issue as well as a conversation about boundaries. celebs make art for you and perform for you but they, like me performing my metaphorical song and dance for my customers, have off the clock time that needs to be recognized for what it is. celebs are artists making art for you, they, a person, are not a commodity. you are not entitled to them at any time day or night any more than my boss is entitled to ask me to work off the clock either.
ALT
Fair point, and you’re right. And that makes it even more insane. My boss at least, has my contact information legally and can contact me when I’m not at work if there’s emergencies. A customer super does not get this. You can’t walk up to a barista out at lunch with their family and ask for a double macchiato cause they make it the way you like. You can’t ask a retail employee to get something out of the back for you when they’re off the clock, even if they’re in the store they work at.
We must respect that fact that celebrities produce art and giving you that art in the form of concerts or movies or interviews or meet and greets is their job. That’s it, those things they agree to give you and nothing else. If they are not doing their job, we are not entitled to them or their time as consumers. (I’d say we’re never entitled to them but that’s a different subject.) We need to acknowledge that what these people do is WORK and that work should respected, and to not ask more work of a celebrity than a normal person. Which we constantly do.
ALT