Comments on: Best PR movies, shows and novels http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/ Conversations about PR, social media, technology and marketing -- with a special focus on the social media community in Greater Boston Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:50:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Todd http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-1099 Todd Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:27:50 +0000 http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-1099 Katie Paine suggested another one today: "The Truth" by Terry Pratchett Katie Paine suggested another one today: “The Truth” by Terry Pratchett

]]> By: James Edlund http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-1085 James Edlund Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:59:36 +0000 http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-1085 What about Jack Lemmon's performance in the 1962 Blake Edwards film Days of Wine and Roses? An alcoholic PR man finally sees the light. What about Jack Lemmon’s performance in the 1962 Blake Edwards film Days of Wine and Roses? An alcoholic PR man finally sees the light.

]]> By: Todd http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-1056 Todd Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:44:24 +0000 http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-1056 Now we have to add "Hancock" to the list: http://techprgems.com/2008/06/hancock-superhero-gets-pr-makeover/ Now we have to add “Hancock” to the list: http://techprgems.com/2008/06/hancock-superhero-gets-pr-makeover/

]]> By: Todd http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-1048 Todd Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:44:43 +0000 http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-1048 Another Facebook comment: <I>I agree on Wag the Dog being a great display of great PR. Not quite PR, but communications ... Mad Med on AMC is wonderful.</I> Another Facebook comment:

I agree on Wag the Dog being a great display of great PR. Not quite PR, but communications … Mad Med on AMC is wonderful.

]]> By: Todd http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-995 Todd Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:44:00 +0000 http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-995 Oh, there's an episode of Arrested Development that focuses on PR too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_%28Arrested_Development_episode%29 Oh, there’s an episode of Arrested Development that focuses on PR too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_%28Arrested_Development_episode%29

]]> By: Adam Zand http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-857 Adam Zand Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:44:00 +0000 http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-857 Sarah,<br/>Debi Mazar did make a glorious return in last week's Entourage episode. Fit in a couple of PR stereotypes by setting up Vinny's manager Eric for an interview with Variety that got him slammed for nepotism. She didn't spend a lot of time on a briefing sheet for that one. There was also a funny comment about her need to take care of her baby at work. Sarah,
Debi Mazar did make a glorious return in last week’s Entourage episode. Fit in a couple of PR stereotypes by setting up Vinny’s manager Eric for an interview with Variety that got him slammed for nepotism. She didn’t spend a lot of time on a briefing sheet for that one. There was also a funny comment about her need to take care of her baby at work.

]]> By: Todd http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-848 Todd Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:34:00 +0000 http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-848 Another Facebook comment:<br/><br/><i>I guess I want to define PR to include books that instruct, inform, share beliefs, etc...In this regard, Norman Vincent Peale's books, all Bibles, how about Widipedia. I relate PR to folklore here, passing information through social means. </i> Another Facebook comment:

I guess I want to define PR to include books that instruct, inform, share beliefs, etc…In this regard, Norman Vincent Peale’s books, all Bibles, how about Widipedia. I relate PR to folklore here, passing information through social means.

]]> By: Todd http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-845 Todd Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:03:00 +0000 http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-845 And I caught two minutes of "Fletch" on TV yesterday (because it's always on somewhere, like a Bizarro "Friends") and remembered that Chevy plays an investigative journalist working undercover. Do the movies have to be good? And I caught two minutes of “Fletch” on TV yesterday (because it’s always on somewhere, like a Bizarro “Friends”) and remembered that Chevy plays an investigative journalist working undercover. Do the movies have to be good?

]]> By: Todd http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-844 Todd Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:01:00 +0000 http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-844 Couple more suggestions from my Facebook page. Since there should be some presumption of privacy on Facebook (I know, who am I fooling), I won't say who the suggestions are from:<br/><br/><i>I'd put Triumph of the Will on the top of the list.. And I think maybe Gandhi to.. depending on how liberal you wanna be with your conceptualizations Rashomon and Man Bits Dog might be interesting as well. <br/><br/>Most films, I think, show PR people as unscrupulous and shallow. Wag the Dog -- great movie -- shows PR people as manipulators of the truth. My favorite 'La Dolce Vita' has Marcello Mastroianni descend to depravity from tabloid journalist to publicist. </i> Couple more suggestions from my Facebook page. Since there should be some presumption of privacy on Facebook (I know, who am I fooling), I won’t say who the suggestions are from:

I’d put Triumph of the Will on the top of the list.. And I think maybe Gandhi to.. depending on how liberal you wanna be with your conceptualizations Rashomon and Man Bits Dog might be interesting as well.

Most films, I think, show PR people as unscrupulous and shallow. Wag the Dog — great movie — shows PR people as manipulators of the truth. My favorite ‘La Dolce Vita’ has Marcello Mastroianni descend to depravity from tabloid journalist to publicist.

]]> By: Reel Fanatic http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-842 Reel Fanatic Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:50:00 +0000 http://techprgems.com/2007/08/best-pr-movies-shows-and-novels/#comment-842 I can't think of any in particular that you missed, but just wanted to second the love for "Ab Fab" .. Even if Edina is the ditziest PR woman of all time, the show is simply comedic perfection I can’t think of any in particular that you missed, but just wanted to second the love for “Ab Fab” .. Even if Edina is the ditziest PR woman of all time, the show is simply comedic perfection

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