Seeing an image of a female teen idol, a girl held in high regard for her beauty and success, in a scene such the opposite conjures up some contradicting reactions. Sympathy and repulsion, humor and tragedy, chaos and control. She's just like us.
Paparazzi photography also works to construct an ideal. Here, the beloved, widowed actress and her daughter from her late husband seem to carry on a normal life; one of leisure and happiness. They are so much bigger than us.
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