What does this quote mean? Can someone summarize it? 谁能翻译或者概括一下这段话？
According to Agee:
It seems to me curious, not to say obscene and thoroughly terrifying that it could occur to an association of human beings drawn together through need and chance and for profit into a company, an organ of journalism, to pry intimately into the lives of an undefended and appallingly damaged group of human beings, an ignorant and helpless rural family, for the purpose of parading the nakedness, disadvantage, and humiliation of these lives before another group of human beings. (from Let Us Now Praise Famous Men)

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What does this quote mean? Can someone summarize it? 谁能翻译或者概括一下这段话？
According to Agee:
It seems to me curious, not to say obscene and thoroughly terrifying that it could occur to an association of human beings drawn together through need and chance and for profit into a company, an organ of journalism, to pry intimately into the lives of an undefended and appallingly damaged group of human beings, an ignorant and helpless rural family, for the purpose of parading the nakedness, disadvantage, and humiliation of these lives before another group of human beings.   (from Let Us Now Praise Famous Men)

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I believe this may have been written about the photographer's work "Walker Evan" during the Great Depression in America. The artist took pictures of average poor hungry people and they were seen all over America and are still iconically recognized today.  The writer did not think they treat the people with respect.  They should not be seen as art and should not be rocked at for any reason.

I think the total- let us now praise famous men- further suggests that the writer would go on to say that people should get our admiration through the deeds and accomplishments they have had, rather than the fame they stumble upon.

I wonder what the writer would think of reality tv today.

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its for my essay , "on behalf of others"
Can someone give me some advice? thank u

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