tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32687773.post7794838371134311496..comments2023-10-26T01:34:49.324-07:00Comments on LitDept: Me and the Super BowlMalachy Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17729185865764121986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32687773.post-89935848774731563212007-01-31T19:31:00.000-08:002007-01-31T19:31:00.000-08:00Poets making money. Now I like the sound of that!
...Poets making money. Now I like the sound of that!<br />Actually, when advertising manages to 'inform' people by being entertaining, rather than the hard sell junk that all but the most inspired clients insist on, it can achieve poetic creativity. And Malachy you already know I consider your last Nokia campaign to be in that category. Even though in that case we had a client who didn't understand the power of what they'd been given. This is why I think management of advertising at the client side is almost more important than what agency gets to do the work. I guess the parallel is that there are a lot of good scriptwriters, songwriters, etc out there but they need the people who manage the opportunities to give them the chance to show what they can do.<br /><br />DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32687773.post-29996914199167174772007-01-31T11:21:00.000-08:002007-01-31T11:21:00.000-08:00Fred, I thought all advertising worked that way......Fred, I thought all advertising worked that way... <br /><br />And Dave, indeed, we may need better poets. And yet, when haven't we?<br /><br />What'd be even better is a day poets who can make money writing true poetry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32687773.post-19195115092977934322007-01-31T00:58:00.000-08:002007-01-31T00:58:00.000-08:00GO BEARS!!!!!GO BEARS!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32687773.post-68036352528077024952007-01-30T23:28:00.000-08:002007-01-30T23:28:00.000-08:00I see there's a new trend for SuperBowl (TM) adver...I see there's a new trend for SuperBowl (TM) advertising now. Getting thousands of eager kids to do spec stuff -- then some lucky winner gets a job somewhere. It's nice a talented kid gets a big break, but it annoys me that corporations are getting all this free creative work done. Have a happy SuperBowl (TM).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32687773.post-37072838136844580872007-01-30T22:53:00.000-08:002007-01-30T22:53:00.000-08:00The true poetry of America? Once upon a time maybe...The true poetry of America? Once upon a time maybe but if that is what it is meant to be today then we need some better poets. And I say that, as Malachy knows, as someone who owes everything he has to the conflicted and conflicting world of advertising.<br />DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com