Well, to be honest, it's a little different in this case. I only got into Johnny's, and learnt about Ryutaro and everything over the net around 2+ years ago from now or so. But as you said, knowing about the behind-the-scenes working does change the show alot. For example, when I first watched the Tokyo Dome Debut Con DVD, it was all fun and everything, but when I watched the JUMPING con DVD, half the time my mind was on "Ah, at this time xx was doing yy backstage" and "Ah! This was the time I was doing ____!" and whatnot. I don't know if it's because actually knowing them makes them err much 'less interesting' for me to see over DVD since honestly, I've spent quite some time with them and all, but the it's just different now. Some actions that they do as fanservice pops up alot for me now, I see it and I know that's just not Ryutaro or Chinen or Ryosuke in real life would behave as.
And then you come online and find people taking how Ryu/Chii/Ryo behaved in the DVD/interview/whatever 'backstage' cam/whatnot (trust me, they know that the camera's rolling, even in 'backstage' footages) as if it's everything about them, and actually believing that they know-it-all about them with just that info. That's what's bugging me.
I learned a new word: fanservice. At first I thought you made it up, but I looked it up. It's a good word. It's little like what Yabu, Yamada, and Keito are talking about in this magazine article about their "work switches" turning on and off.
There's something precious and fragile about real life for people who live in the spotlight. There are a lot of fans who want a piece of it, but if they manage to break in, then it's not real life at all. I think most fans know the difference between fanservice and real life, but often it's the ones who talk the loudest who know the least.
And then you come online and find people taking how Ryu/Chii/Ryo behaved in the DVD/interview/whatever 'backstage' cam/whatnot (trust me, they know that the camera's rolling, even in 'backstage' footages) as if it's everything about them, and actually believing that they know-it-all about them with just that info. That's what's bugging me.
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There's something precious and fragile about real life for people who live in the spotlight. There are a lot of fans who want a piece of it, but if they manage to break in, then it's not real life at all. I think most fans know the difference between fanservice and real life, but often it's the ones who talk the loudest who know the least.
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