Oct 14 2007
The Pursuit of Pure Talk
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by Adam Engel
10/14/07
Horticultural heroics at the Public Relations firm. Office of the beautiful young Publicist. She harangued a client over the phone. Talking, talking. Every word a scream.
“Give the people what they want,” she said. “Tell the people what they want. Make the people want. Tell them, make them, give them. Understand?”
Slammed down the phone. Wired, she addressed me.
“I’m right, you know. Look at me. I started low: restaurant and club openings, celebrity profile parties, City events. Junk publicity. Junkpub.”
Hard girl. Learned to be loud, wry, ferocious. Talk, talk. Talkety talk.
“Phone the news desk direct line to the gossip column, or better yet, the television station. Make a stir. Create a buzz. Disseminate information. Lay anchor in the sea of data. When the job is done, sail on. Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer. But if the answer must be ‘no,’ carry a grudge. Get mad, get even. You understand, Plantman?”
