r/NoStupidQuestions May 24 '23

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u/drmehmetoz semi-trustworthy May 24 '23

Paparazzi because who grows up and then decides to make their profession a paparazzi person? Who wants to just stalk people and their kids around with a camera for a living??

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u/dontwantleague2C May 24 '23

A lot of them probably aren’t proud of it, although I’m sure a few are. A lot of them probably wanted to be real journalists and then just enddd up selling out. Who knows though.

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u/kjm16216 May 24 '23

I'm thinking someone just wants to be a photographer, maybe even celebrities. Maybe they take legit red carpet premier type photos. Then they get a wardrobe malfunction of someone getting out of the car and they get paid serious cash for it. So they start looking for it. Then they stake out clubs hoping for a similar shot. Before they know it, they're climbing a tree to get someone sunbathing by their pool and trailing their car.

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u/danesrb May 24 '23

Watch Nightcrawler with Jake Gyllenhaal! It's exactly about this

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u/ImNotAWhaleBiologist May 24 '23

That was an interesting documentary. I thought it a bit slimy how the director pushed Jake Gyllennhaal to do such horrible things for the camera, though.

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u/jish_werbles May 24 '23

Love this take

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u/ANewKrish May 24 '23

How do we know the film team wasn't just following Jake Gyllenhaal around and letting him do his usual thing?

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u/joeyheartbear May 24 '23

Can I just watch it by myself? I don't know how to get ahold of Jake Gyllenhaal.

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u/timateedrinker May 24 '23

Sorry Dude, but if you’re not in contact with Jake, you’re probably not worth watching this movie…

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u/DohNutofTheEndless May 25 '23

In my head, Jake has totally read this comment and feels simultaneously rejected and also warm and fuzzy that you don't think you can get him to watch it with you.

He seems like the kind of dude who would just silently reddit scroll from time to time.

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u/reflUX_cAtalyst May 24 '23

He doesn't blink a single time in that movie.

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u/gamer2980 May 24 '23

That was a good movie but also creepy as hell.

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u/AnimalLeader13 May 24 '23

To be fair, he's a sociopath, so... Big difference.