The industry selects for malignant narcissism. The real deviance lies with the sociopaths behind the camera. I am always reminded of the clip of Rik Mayall speaking directly to camera out of character (it follows the end of this clip from one of his last movies before he died - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v9QF-7VRsxA). He says something along the lines of not knowing why someone wants us - the viewers - to be watching him - the performer, and that we should turn off our TVs…
The industry selects for malignant narcissism. The real deviance lies with the sociopaths behind the camera. I am always reminded of the clip of Rik Mayall speaking directly to camera out of character (it follows the end of this clip from one of his last movies before he died - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v9QF-7VRsxA). He says something along the lines of not knowing why someone wants us - the viewers - to be watching him - the performer, and that we should turn off our TVs…