Really? Name one live event that doesn't presume some level of unplanned interaction? You go to see someone speak - there might be laughter, groans, facial expressions - a feedback loop. >"Not all forms of engagement require spontaneous unplanned interaction to be considered interesting or useful by those partaking." In fact a play is great example of why spontaneity is so important. You go to a play to be entertained, because it's a live experience, it'a performance that will always be slightly different and unique from performance to performance depending on any number of variables. >"What's the point of going to a play when the script is already printed? My hunch is that Taylor Swift probably is at the fame level where she needs security of some sort merely to walk around in public. Walking around they'd maybe get some hellos and photo poses and whatnot but it didn't seem terribly intrusive.Īnd then there was Alice Cooper, who walked around the main convention floor one day and instantly got mobbed by a huge crowd. They could do standard things like, say, go to the restaurant and have a meal without being heavily interrupted. Guests on the fame level of, say, Babylon 5 cast members, could walk around the convention just fine. You no longer can do things without considering potentially crazy fans or overly uncomfortable levels of recognition.Ī long time ago, I remember the difference being illustrated at a Dragoncon in the early 2000s. I'd guess that this is the level where it isn't "as nice". This is probably the level where problems like stalkers are much more serious. There's a level of fame, the more superstar type level, where simply walking by yourself in public is much less feasible because of the tendency to get mobbed or attract unwanted attention.
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And several times after I had been denied I go into the concert only to see other people with light up LED signs on full display).Īnyway, it's one thing for a private venue to employ these measures for security to voluntary participants who knew damn well they were surrounded by guards and had to abide by certain rules, and an entire other sinister thing for governments to arbitrarily collect this data on everyone to do god knows what with backed by the power of the state.īetween you know, John Lennon and the recent sad story of Christina Grimmie, I'm very glad Taylor Swift is taking security seriously. Well ok then, even though the battery was just a regular cellphone charger that they explicitly did allow. The rules seemed arbitrary and highly dependent on what security guard you got when entering, which did not instill me with much confidence (one guard said the LED's were fine but I could not take the battery. I made this really cool (I thought so at least) wearable LED matrix tee shirt (RGB Neopixels driven by a Teensyduino and cellphone battery pack) that displayed various Taylor related animations, but was only able to get it in 2 concerts out of uhm.several that I went to (Hackers can be Swifties too ok). I think also these big ticket venues are rightly more paranoid as of late, especially since Manchester and the shooting in LA. I don't blame her for being paranoid, fans can be crazy. I remember a few moments during the Reputation tour where she appeared very distracted between sets, snapping her head to the side as if she thought someone was about to jump her. There have been numerous incidents at concerts of people jumping up on the stage and trying to grab her. Swift and lament that they'll never be with her so they must harm her in some way.Īnd then there's the regular crazy Swiftie fangirls who obnoxiously battle each other on Tumblr and concerts to get noticed by Taylor while despising all the people who have gotten picked to meet her. The story is often familiar, the stalker guys will profess their undying love for Ms. The two I remember recently were some guy climbing on and trying to break into her NY apartment, and some guy on social media threatening to kill her when she performed in Australia. And she's had to deal with plenty of them too.