Pranking Palin

I’m posting this on behalf of Eric Kohn who pointed me towards the story, but was not in a position to blog about it today.

Associated Press reported today that Sarah Palin received a prank call from a Montreal radio DJ posing as French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Clocking in at just over five and a half minutes, the scheme carried on until the culprit revealed himself.

It kind of goes without saying that this shows how horribly mismanaged the campaign is. What’s more, though, is that Palin seems utterly unable to to comprehend that this is clearly a fake. This is partly out of Palin’s stupidity, but also out of the genius of the way the premise of the rouse was built. As Eric pointed out, “I doubt Sacha Baron Cohen could pull it off. He would get too outlandish and offensive from the get-go and the gig would be up.”

If you want to hear it, here it is. And, in case you’re questioning the validity, read the AP piece. It’s been confirmed by the campaign.

Michael Lerman posted on November 1, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Hi

Probably an odd place to post this but just thought I’d say you are a bit of a personal hero of mine. Since seeing you on the making of Garden State I’ve been totally driven to becoming a First AD myself.

I noticed you recently did Quantum of Solace too. Again, its great to see what can come from total dedication to the career and the industry.

I’m right at the outset of my career but I am so committed to pushing myself as far as I can go and its great to see people such as yourself who have really achieved in the industry and worked on some brilliant films.

So I guess thanks, for proving to people like me that if you are willing to work for it you can get to work on some of the best films being made.

Keep up the amazing work, and keep blogging!

Cheers

Tom

By Tom Harburt on January 6, 2009

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