{"id":1422,"date":"2011-06-15T16:38:37","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T20:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/?p=1422"},"modified":"2011-06-15T16:38:37","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T20:38:37","slug":"inside-pr-2-58-pr-movies-and-wiping-the-slate-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/index.php\/2011\/06\/15\/inside-pr-2-58-pr-movies-and-wiping-the-slate-clean\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside PR 2.58: PR movies and wiping the slate clean"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1455\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1422-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/prworks\/IPR_258_FINAL.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/prworks\/IPR_258_FINAL.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/prworks\/IPR_258_FINAL.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/inside-pr\/id137886027?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidepr.ca%2F%3Fp%3D1422\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/index.php\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>[display_podcast]<\/p>\n<p>Just before we recorded the show, I had lunch with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/guy-skipworth\/7\/783\/895\" target=\"_blank\">Guy Skipworth<\/a>, a friend, colleague and long-time listener.\u00a0 He had an in-person comment for us: that we should talk about PR more\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Thanks Guy, good point.<\/p>\n<p>So\u2026 in the spirit of the comment and the fact that summer movies are being released, we thought we\u2019d look at a few films that depict PR.\u00a0 And while most of them deal with stereotypes and preconceived notions, they shed light on why so many people have a negative perception about our profession.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0051036\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sweet Smell of Success<\/a> \u2013 a brooding black and white drama about the darker side of PR with Tony Curtis as a sleazy press agent who will do anything to curry favour with a powerful columnist.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0055895\/\" target=\"_blank\">Days of Wine and Roses<\/a> starring Jack Lemmon as a burnt out, former reporter and current alcoholic, whose job is less about messages and more about procuring women for corrupt businessmen. Billable hours anyone?<\/li>\n<li>A more contemporary PR film is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0120885\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wag the Dog<\/a>, which features Robert DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman. \u00a0The comedy revolves around a fabricated war that\u2019s presented as a real event to take the heat off a president\u2019s personal issue.<\/li>\n<li>Other movies about PR include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0427944\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thank You for Smoking<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0265029\/\" target=\"_blank\">America\u2019s Sweethearts<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Martin predicts the next big PR movie will be based on <a href=\"http:\/\/terryfallis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What movies would you add? Please let us know.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half of the podcast, we talk about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steverubel.me\/post\/5927623609\/a-home-where-the-buffalo-roam\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Rubel\u2019s<\/a> &#8216;scorched-earth&#8217; approach to his blogs: he deleted all his content opting instead for a new online presence on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gini starts by talking about the strong community she\u2019s built at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spinsucks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SpinSucks<\/a> and why she wouldn\u2019t want to leave it. She goes on to say that you can always recreate the content but not the community.<\/p>\n<p>Joe advises everyone whose name is NOT Rubel \u2013 not to try this at home.\u00a0 He feels Steve can do it because of his leadership position in PR and social media.<\/p>\n<p>Martin asks about the notion of creation and the implications of deleting what is, in essence, a public record.<\/p>\n<p>Joe says the nature of community is that we don\u2019t own what we\u2019ve created once it\u2019s public-it belongs to the community. However, he also commends Steve Rubel and other thought-leaders who experiment and try the extraordinary.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Rubel \u2013 do you have anything to add? \u00a0And, we&#8217;re interested to hear from all our listeners, too.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have an idea for a topic you would like us to discuss? Send us an email or an audio comment to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:insideprcomments@gmail.com\">insideprcomments@gmail.com<\/a>, join the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=101489863251163\" target=\"_blank\">Inside PR Facebook<\/a> group, leave us a comment here, message us\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/inside_pr\">@inside_pr<\/a> on Twitter, or connect with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ginidietrich\" target=\"_blank\">Gini Dietrich<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thornley\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Thornley<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/martinwaxman\">Martin Waxman<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Our theme music was created by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortheloveofrecords.com\/\">Damon de Szegheo<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rogerdey.com\/\">Roger Dey<\/a> is our announcer.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s episode was produced by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kristinesimpson\" target=\"_blank\">Kristine Simpson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Posted written by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/martinwaxman\">Martin Waxman<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[display_podcast] Just before we recorded the show, I had lunch with Guy Skipworth, a friend, colleague and long-time listener.\u00a0 He had an in-person comment for us: that we should talk about PR more\u2026 Thanks Guy, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[387,100,950,149,27,44,952,460,25],"class_list":["post-1422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pr","tag-gini-dietrich","tag-guy-skipworth","tag-inside-pr","tag-joe-thornley","tag-martin-waxman","tag-public-relations","tag-social-media","tag-steve-rubel","tag-terry-fallis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidepr.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}