in which I confound the corporate PR world with my refusal to be mainstream mediaSo I heard, from a fellow critic here in London, about a screening of a film I’d like to see, being run by a PR agency I haven’t yet been in touch with. I acquire said agency’s contact info and shoot off an email asking if I might attend. The reply: We are happy for you to attend if this is for a UK outlet, not US. I’m not even sure how to interpret that -- I mean, I’m physically here in London, writing for a site that is on the Web but is run by me and me alone. So I respond: Well, FlickFilosopher.com is a one-woman show. It's all my work. I'm now based in London for the foreseeable future. Does that make me a UK outlet? :-> They clearly don’t know how to deal with that, because I have not heard back from them regarding whether they consider me a U.K. outlet or not. Also, it’s bizarre that they might refuse attendance for someone from a U.S. outlet when the film in question is already open in the U.S. Seriously: meatspace needs to catch up with the Net. Disqus commentsblog comments powered by Disqus |
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