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Tuesday, October 8. 2013

Carrie


Great trick played on coffee shop patrons in the Village, which I saw on the news this morning.  Sure, it's a viral ad (funny that an ad is preceded by advertising...such is the way of media today), but it's incredibly well set up, well designed.  I doubt I'll see the movie they're promoting (the original was a classic in the genre), but credit to the marketing guys who did this.




Posted by Bulldog in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 11:36 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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in Nevada, where at any time half the people are carrying, she'd have been shot.
#1 wirraway on 2013-10-08 12:10 (Reply)
What gets me is that nobody laughed.
#2 chuck on 2013-10-08 13:56 (Reply)
I want to see the out takes and bloopers.

I don't believe that everyone exposed to this show took it at face value. Somebody must have spotted it for wire work from the outset and called shenanigans. what I want to know is, what effect did this one voice of reason have on the superstitious members of the crowd?
#3 foo on 2013-10-08 14:42 (Reply)
That's fair.

But I'm happy just seeing this. I really doubt a voice of reason would have much impact, and given the testing they showed, I'm willing to bet there were few, if any, failures.

I'm a cynic, and questions like yours appeal to me. But I'm also willing to let myself be entertained and stop asking questions just to enjoy the show.
#3.1 Bulldog on 2013-10-08 15:35 (Reply)
I'm waiting for the revelation that every single person seen in the video was in on it (ie., there really was no 'prank').
#4 John on 2013-10-08 18:18 (Reply)
Shoot man... Liberal New Yorker's are deep into the Dark Arts... they'll believe anything... because they have nothing they believe in...
#5 Thomas R Peasley (Spitfire1938) on 2013-10-09 04:47 (Reply)

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