I'm 100% for the accidental "irl" in the street spotting. I'm under no illusion that it would provide me an insight into the
real them, whatever that even means. As alittledizzy mentioned, they'd still be some kind of professional versions of themselves. And yeah, afterwards I'd probably wonder if I had inconvenienced them yadayada, I understand all points raised by those who wouldn't want to meet them like that, and I'd probably experience those feelings to some extent as well.
That being said, I just don't think that I'm cut out for the M&G setting. It just serves to remind me that I'm a number, one of millions when I have to really really hurry up because there's a line of a 100 other numbers behind me, just as there were a 100 others in front of me and D&P are clearly following a friendly and safe script in order to make it a good experience for me but also an
efficient process (if you know what I mean). Forgive my language and I definitely don't want to insult anyone who'd like the experience but just me personally, I'd feel like cattle. And additionally, the concept of paying to just meet somebody doesn't appeal to me (obv I understand paying to see somebody's work, eg a show a movie or a concert)
So, to come back to the accidental meeting... it's not like I think that by meeting them on the street they'd remember me for more than 2 minutes. They absolutely wouldn't. But, as you've also mentioned, it's 80% me and 20% them. And I just think that these 80% would be nicer for me if they didn't have to follow a M&G script and if I didn't have a definite proof right before my eyes that there are hundreds of people similar to me. It's actually very interesting to see that although all of us here are aware of the script/no script distinction between the M&G and the street situation, our reactions to that are sometimes the polar opposites of each other. Some people like the safety it provides (I understand that even though I don't relate), while others would gladly throw that safety away.
Aren't I a special snowflake? I swear it's not what I want to convey but that last paragraph totally looks like that. Oh well
But maybe it's all easy for me to say because it will all 100% never happen.