Feb 202009
Am I the only one who noticed…
Harry Crane is all cutting edge when it comes to media. He is looking toward the future of communications, having recognized the value of television, of its far reach. None of the other guys have really been on top of this in the same way.
Rich Sommer has a blog. A web log. I don’t know about you, but I still have plenty of people in my life, (and many co-workers, though I work in the communications-sort-of-advertising field), who don’t quite know what a blog is, or how large of an impact one might have. And yet Rich does. I don’t see any of the other cast members (well, Julie McNiven so change any to many) with blogs.
And all I’m saying is, Coincidence?
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This is a really good point. I'd think that anyone involved in the "business" would be up on the latest communications technologies, but am continually amazed at those who aren't. I mean, Bryan Batt and Maggie Siff have even admitted to not owning television sets. Which, what…? In this day and age? They're actors. How do they keep up with things? Do they rely entirely on their agents to keep them abreast of which shows are current and noteworthy? I get the appeal of not having a TV or being wired to the interWebz — there's something very liberating about that — but when it's how you make your living? How do they do it?
I remember years and years and YEARS ago, I was so impressed to find that <a>Stephen Fry not only had a web page, but he actually maintained it, and responded to people's posts. HE did. Not some assistant or avid fan. Now he has "people" doing it for him, but initially, it was him. And this was a good 10 or 15 years ago, when the web was just gaining momentum. To me, this makes perfect sense. As a public persona, a web presence enables you to control what's being said about you and allows you to connect directly with your fans. You get to keep people abreast of your latest projects, and it keeps your name in public view. It's like having a publicist, without having to pay for one.
And yet so many of them love the Basket!
la la la…
I think some people just aren't interested in the internet or TV. Also, for some it's their business. Stephen Fry is a technophile, and even writes articles about the various gadgets he's fiddling around with at the moment, so for him not to have a blog, etc., doesn't make sense.
Roberta, who would not love Basket O'Kisses?
BTW, this is why I always suggest interview questions about what it’s like to do the DVD commentaries and such. The cast (& crew) does them, and the little video segments at AMC, and interviews w/BoK or Gothamist, etc. and I wonder whether it’s strange to them that there are now all sorts of new venues and methods for them to discuss and promote themselves and the show.
RS seems to take to this stuff like a duck to water (or Duck to booze). MG, like JmcN, has commented here, as well as interviewed. And MW seems to monitor this stuff (including fora he might not like, e.g., the IMDB board) Others seem to be getting an eye-opener. EM said in her BoK interview that she now got why MW went to the S2 finale party. BB said in the “Hobo Code” commentary that he normally doesn’t read the blogs, but has now not only talked to BoK, but also apparently has talked about future interviews here.
But I could see how some actors might see it as something they didn’t sign up for, intrusive, etc. Maybe not as intrusive as paparazzi, but just something new that they don’t know how to approach yet.
I suspect that the Lipps’ continued success in landing interviews is due to the fact that those who have already participated will say good things — and agents and such can read BoK and know that an interview won’t be a waste of time, that it can be both fun and more in-depth than the typical presser. While fan-based, it’s neither tabloid-y or uncritically gushing.
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Stephen Fry is also on Twitter; he recently made the UK press for Twittering when he got stuck in an elevator and posted a picture with his fellow captives.
"Arse, poo and widdle"! No one curses like a Brit!
BTW, Matt said he doesn't "monitor" the IMDb boards. More like, he was using IMDb to look something up, and while he was there, curiosity got the better of him.
To be sure, I meant that MW is aware of what's online in general, including here (obvs), the LA Times (as he told O'Neil in that video), etc. I think that's a good thing, and probably not true of a lot of people in the business.
I think that show business people are increasingly dependent on tools like IMDb, and so they are online.
Increasingly so, but I would say we're still in an interesting transitional period.
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