i totally see the objectification as dangerous if taken to an extreme, but rather prevalent anyway. almost everyone in the society at large is sort of encouraged to, even.
I agree completely. When I was 10-12, I used to always buy those teeny-bopper magazines, like TeenBeat and Bop and all those. I cannot think of anything that encourages people to objectify actors/musicians any more than these magazines. They try to make you think that they have the inside scoop on all of these celebrities, and that knowing that this person is a vegetarian will help you get to know them even better. I mean, when I was 11, I wanted to be like JTT and be a veggie! But the image of these people, portayed in these magazines, is not really them, as the people who they are really close to will see them. So is it really RPS when fans make up stories about the people who they've heard so much about? Or is it just regular slash, with characters who share the name and look of a famous person, but act completely different? At that point, aren't we really just writing the "idea" of the person more than the actual person?
Admitedly, I haven't read all that much RPS. But when I have read it, I don't think of the actor doing the things the author dictates. IE. I don't see Tom Felton doing such and such. I see someone who looks like him talking to soemone who looks like Daniel Radcliffe. I guess that that's why I don't relaly understand RPS, or actively seek it out: it just seems more fake than fic, because it's reality simply reminds me that it's not true.
I'm not sure if that makes any sense at all, but then, thoughts rarely do....
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Date: 2003-01-12 10:48 pm (UTC)I agree completely. When I was 10-12, I used to always buy those teeny-bopper magazines, like TeenBeat and Bop and all those. I cannot think of anything that encourages people to objectify actors/musicians any more than these magazines. They try to make you think that they have the inside scoop on all of these celebrities, and that knowing that this person is a vegetarian will help you get to know them even better. I mean, when I was 11, I wanted to be like JTT and be a veggie! But the image of these people, portayed in these magazines, is not really them, as the people who they are really close to will see them. So is it really RPS when fans make up stories about the people who they've heard so much about? Or is it just regular slash, with characters who share the name and look of a famous person, but act completely different? At that point, aren't we really just writing the "idea" of the person more than the actual person?
Admitedly, I haven't read all that much RPS. But when I have read it, I don't think of the actor doing the things the author dictates. IE. I don't see Tom Felton doing such and such. I see someone who looks like him talking to soemone who looks like Daniel Radcliffe. I guess that that's why I don't relaly understand RPS, or actively seek it out: it just seems more fake than fic, because it's reality simply reminds me that it's not true.
I'm not sure if that makes any sense at all, but then, thoughts rarely do....