Double Standard?

After watching the movie "Teenage Paparrazo," I have a new perspective on the relationship between celebrities and paparazzi, especially the one between Adrien's crew and Austin's paparazzi friends. The paparazzi were angry and most did not want to be photographed or on camera, yet ridiculed the celebrities who did that not more than two minutes later...double standard? Expected response? Justified anger?

This is, in my opinion, absolutely a double standard. The paparazzi are quite defensive when it comes to their job. They believe that they are not 'stalking' these celebrities, only doing their job. They are risk-takers, enjoy the adrenaline rush they get when realizing they have just snapped a thousands of dollar worthy photograph, and know they need to get a scandalous photo of this celebrity. The 'paps' are devoted to their job, and are willing to go to extreme lengths in order to get the shot they need. Some celebrities put up with the paparazzi and their constant bright lights, and others can get very angry and aggressive - just look at Ron Galella and his experience with Marlon Brando. The celebrities often talk about how annoying, aggressive and invasing these paparazzi become. But don't the paparazzi do the same thing in this documentary, "Teenage Paparazzi?"

Adrien and his crew attempt to film Austin's paparazzi friends in order to get footage for the documentary. The paparazzi get very angry with Adrien, saying that they don't want their whereabouts to be known, and that they would not like to be in this documentary. Austin even goes to the length of telling the camera crew to move over a bit while filming him in a van, so that a couple of his friends further away won't know that the crew is 'with' Austin. The paparazzi felt like this was invading their privacy and a few started to become angry with Austin. Yet the paparazzi were standing on the property of celebrities houses, in THEIR privacy. Ironic much?

I believe that this is completely a double standard and ironic. The celebrities don't like their privacy being invaded by the paparazzi, and the paparazzi don't like their privacy being invaded by the documentary crew. The paparazzi were getting angry while also invading someone else's privacy, so the documentary crew was correct in believing at first they would have no problem being photographed and being put on video, because they were doing the exact same thing at the same time. This footage put the paparazzi in their place. At public event, show premieres, etc., it is fine for celebrities to be photographed by the paparazzi - that is one of the main reasons why they are at this PUBLIC event. That's much different then the celebrities leaving their house for pizza with their family, or driving their children to school. The paparazzi often called the celebrities hypocrites for not posing for the cameras and getting angry at the 'paps.' So aren't the paparazzi also hypocrites for calling other hypocrites for what they are doing? The paparazzi were not justified in being angry and yelling at Adrien's crew, if they were not okay with the celebrities doing the same to them. The paparazzi see this as justifiable, but Adrien sees it as a double standard. If the paparazzi defended their right as journalists to take pictures of these celebrities, then they should have respected the documentary crew as journalists to video them.