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May 19

Writer Mark Dapin is a guest of the Sydney Writers' Festival. Dapin has a riveting piece in the upcoming edition of Meanjin on the perils of celebrity journalism for both the interviewed and the interviewee and asks broader questions about whether there is actually any point to this type of journalism . Here's a brief taste:

I interview people and write about them for 'Good Weekend' magazine and, each time the process is over, I feel both cheating and cheated, and wonder if I should ever do it again. My disquiet came to a head in April 2008, when I was ejected from ‘celebrity chef’ Gordon Ramsay’s house in Wandsworth, South London, at about 8.20 a.m., a quarter of an hour into what was supposed to be an hour-long interview. The third time I tried to ask him a question about his drunken, violent father, Ramsay replied: 'Out of respect for you and your magazine, I’ll call my publicist in Australia and call it a day … I’m not here to talk about my father … Everything that you’ve got on there [he pointed to my digital recorder] for the last, 17 [sic] minutes is about, you know, "How do you see in yourself your father …" I’ll talk to the magazine. It’s all on tape. We’re just gonna switch to food. Total respect. Your position … Good to see you. Let me see you out.' . . .


 

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