I could be so wrong in the way I see the life, but I see the up sides as, being surrounded by creative people in the same profession with the same interests, all the time, being able to create all the time, delegating all the things you hate or don't have time to do, to others (even if it does mean learning how to oversee it all), having people around you to keep you constantly on task, eeeking out the privacy you need where everybody around you understands when you do and don't want to be bothered, having opulent, peaceful surroundings to write and dream, and create in, all the time, having others looking over your shoulder for you and watching your back 24/7, being able to have what you want when you want, having hella negotiation power, being able to go anywhere and have people saying yes before you ask them anything lol. . . being able to think of the whole world and its issues rather than some little pocket where you can barely function ...
Heck, even lack of privacy in public would even be ok because you already know that you are "working" when you go out the door, and you pay people to keep people away from you when you're not working and need your privacy.
The downside to lack of privacy is having random "intrusions" into your space when you really do expect to be in private, embarrassing questions in public, but I imagine I'd throw some horrible questions back on people by saying things like, "um, well, I probably won't answer that 'cause its too personal, but now since you feel so free to ask , why don't we break the ice by starting with you, do you have sex with your spouse?
You're a fascinating reporter, I'm sure the whole world wants to know -
Or I might probably would say something krayzee like "ok you just asked the public part of me a question pertaining to the private part of me and that one isn't sitting here. She's at home watching Lucy re-runs so let's stick to the public stuff" and keep in mind you're talking to the public me. Now we can call up the private me on the telephone and see if she answers but I know her pretty well and she may not ... "
It seems the biggest down sides would be having to deal with all the logistical stuff that has nothing to do with what I do, and people acting a certain way around me or towards me because of the name and/or what being around the name does/could do for them, people who would otherwise not even care that I was in the room, let alone in the world, and even though a pet peeve would be being approached at moments that I expect would be private moments I'd think its not like the imposition that it would be for someone who's not in a public profession.
The positive things though, plus, basically being completely away from the world ALL the time, until random times that I decided to go out?... closing the store, skating rink, mall so I can do my thing in peace? better yet, having dang near everything I could ever need so I'd hardly
have to go out?, even a helicopter in the event of an earthquake? (my notion about it anyway lol) homeschooling and keeping my kids away from this wretched world? being able to travel the world at a moments notice? a house big enough that there's always a space to be in that can be quiet and tranquil? um, yes, that would be fine with me. For the occasionally needed stimulation of city life, I'd donn a desquise and get a 'fix' every now and then then run right back home to heaven.
well
that's the way I see it anyway
I feel that MJ is cut out for it because of his personality being so multi-faceted and him being so used to it. We would have to adjust to things that MJ probably got use to a long, long time ago. It may be nothing like it seems, in real life, for him every day I mean.