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Staged

Topic

Tag: publicity

The Machine

Who pays for the candid photo

A publicist says he paid a star $50,000 for a couple of street shots. A declared sponsored post from the same tier costs over $1M. That gap explains the whole staged-candid economy.

Fake Famous

Forty seconds on Vaughan Street

Five people remember the same forty seconds outside a bakery. No two accounts agree on the weather, the fruit, the dog or who was filming. Everyone is certain. Satire.

Fiction