[Film Fest Gossip] City Weekly received a hot, unverifiable-but-so-what tip just moments ago that a certain columnist for a Salt Lake daily newspaper was spotted at Sundance media-credentials headquarters in Park City throwing a virtual diva shit-fit because--oh, the humanity!--he couldn't yet pick up his bag of free swag! How is this journalist supposed to do his job without his New Line/Heineken bottle opener? Or his Fox Searchlight hand cream? This is unacceptable! Heads will roll! (Bill Frost)
Friday, January 18, 2008
Sundance: Don't You Know Who I Am?!
[Film Fest Gossip] City Weekly received a hot, unverifiable-but-so-what tip just moments ago that a certain columnist for a Salt Lake daily newspaper was spotted at Sundance media-credentials headquarters in Park City throwing a virtual diva shit-fit because--oh, the humanity!--he couldn't yet pick up his bag of free swag! How is this journalist supposed to do his job without his New Line/Heineken bottle opener? Or his Fox Searchlight hand cream? This is unacceptable! Heads will roll! (Bill Frost)
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Is that a vulture in the picture? What would that bird have to do with film and/or culture?
ReplyDeleteGreat post! Gives new meaning to the 'Culture Vulture' moniker. Buzzards lurk as bloody swag bags rot on Main Street.
ReplyDeleteIt couldn't have happened to a more annoying Trib employee -- except maybe Matt Canham!
I thought journalists who are worth their salt with any shred of integrity would avoid swag bags like the plague!
ReplyDeleteApparently the Culture Vulture (Brandon Griggs) is a hack, or, The Salt Lake Tribune subscribes to a different set of ethical guidelines.
I hope the buzzard got his Absolut Vodka bubble bath and Stella A. gasoline additive. Otherwise, well, I won't go there ...
Pretty pathetic Culture Vulture! You let us down, but you represent your newspaper perfectly!
Funny and Clever, Frost! Who isn't a paid PR hack at the Trib these days?
ReplyDeleteAre you kidding? Swag for the press - LOCAL press?! You must have been in a different credential pick-up line than I was as we were offered nothing but our badge and a bulky film guide.
ReplyDeleteSounds like someone's making up news again.
The LOCAL press you say? They'd cry over missing out on a potato chip.
ReplyDelete@ f n c 2 -- My point was that as local press you are a nobody and don't GET any swag, let alone expect it or bitch when you don't get it. Not saying some wouldn't pitch a fit if they thought they were missing out on something, but we don't rate high enough to get squat at an event the size of Sundance.
ReplyDeleteThe Trib just received a "hot, unverifiable-but-so-what tip" that City Weekly scribe Bill Frost likes to expose himself on elementary school playgrounds! Oh, it's not true? So what!
ReplyDeleteCome on Bill, what kind of journalism is that? I don't care what you write about my Vulture column, but don't print false rumors. All I did was mention to the Sundance press staffers that years ago, publicists used to stuff media mailboxes with free hats, etc., to plug their films. I was not complaining, let alone throwing a diva shit-fit. As anyone who knows me: I'm not a diva, hissy-fit kind of guy. Nor am I a swag whore like so many Sundance "journalists." I'm just trying to cover this bloated festival like your boy Renshaw and the rest of us overworked local press. Cut me some slack.
I don't like to expose myself on elementary school playgrounds--I LOVE it. I am not, however, a journalist. That's just an insult.
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