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What do you think? MJ learned from Huges bio or MJ developed some signs of a mental break down and was treated before it was too late?
You little shit! [speaking to Michael Jackson]....clever! :mrgreen:
RunFaYaLifeHopefully, he crafted his 'death hoax' from Hughes and decided to disappear.
QuoteI was reading something a day or two ago about product placement in advertising. The name of the product doesn't even need to be said, it's just there - and it's recognized. Hmmm.....Yeah...that has been going on for years. That is why you see people drinking/eating/whatever something that looks almost like a known product in shows. Because if they use the actual product the Co. wants a cut.
I was reading something a day or two ago about product placement in advertising. The name of the product doesn't even need to be said, it's just there - and it's recognized. Hmmm.....
Wednesday, March 21, 2007Does E.T. Really Prefer Reeses Pieces To M&M's? Or Was He Paid To Like Them? Remember one of the earliest examples of product placement? Hershey paid to have Reeces Pieces in the movie. ET ate the candy and sales of Reeses Pieces shot up 65% in the weeks following the movie release as all the kids wanted what ET had. Take a look at this Time Magazine article from July 26, 1982, just over one month after the release of E.T.That's product placement, one of the most effective forms of advertising. M&M's didn't realize this back in 1982 because it was relatively unheard of. They had a chance to have M&M's in the movie before it was offered to Reeces Pieces. They turned it down. Big mistake for them.Fast forward to 2007. Product Placement is everywhere... on TV (The Apprentice, Survivor), in movies, in video games, on the internet... Ahh, hold on. Product placement is OK everywhere, just not on the internet. right? The internet has a different set of rules, right? It depends who you ask.Here's what I mean. When ReviewMe.com first started, I thought it was a good idea. The first thing I thought it was was a form of product placement for blogs. I hadn't considered using it to advertise or even getting paid to use it, but nonetheless, I thought it was a pretty good idea. product placement for blogs. I just didn't know why it took so long for someone to do this.But then comes the controversey. WOMMA is concerned at the corrosive impact of these practices on consumer trust of consumer-generated media in general, and the blogosphere in general. But there are differing points of view. Andy Beard disagrees with WOMMA.I'm all for innovative ways of advertising, including ReviewME (Product placement for blogs). If it works it works; if not, the marketplace will correct itself and Review me will fade away. But I don't think anybody should try to stop a business from doing what it does because you disagree with it.And, about product placement. Product placement works when people don't realize that the products intertwined in the media are paid for. I guarantee you 100% the the kids that purchased Reece's Pieces after watching E.T. didn't know that Hershey paid to have the candy placed in the movie. How could they? They were too young to know (or even care). Did Hershey and the producers of E.T. know that they were manipulating kids. For sure they did. I'm also pretty sure that nobody called for full disclosure of product placement in the movie at that time. Perhaps it would have looked something like this:
QuoteWhat do you think? MJ learned from Huges bio or MJ developed some signs of a mental break down and was treated before it was too late?I think Michael [just my opinion] took some of Hughes bio. or revisited it ...at some point when he started getting tired of [IMO] being the dancing puppet on a string and being made fun of all of the time.Also, I think he did exhibit some signs of anxiety and possibly OCD -it was well known he was a perfectionist...just. like. Hughes.Perhaps he used some of Hughe's eccentricities and adapted them ...either by osmosis or desperation.
After about 50 or so various law suits you can bet he was getting just a little tired of being the law suit King and the favorite of the tabloids.And he was looking at losing everything if he did not perform 50 concertshe did not want to do. ..that alone would piss me off...and I really believe health wise he was not up to it.Hopefully, he crafted his 'death hoax' from Hughes and decided to disappear.
I'm still not sure what to make of Grace. She, like KF, has spent many years in close proximity to MJ, and she seems to support the hoax drug and financial mess side of MJ. I'm leaning towards her being part of the hoax and assigned with spinning the hoax yarn.About the Coca Cola ad, it's interesting that at the end the group of people are arranged in an inverted pyramid/triangle shape.
MJ: It's spiritual, it's, it's people conjure up all these ideas, people create it themselves. They conjure up all these ideas in their head about what's going on. I mean they used to say, you know, Howard Hughes is up there and he owns the hotel but he stays on that floor, he doesn't come down. He's in the dark, he's in the corner in the bed with long nails and hair to here and he's hooked to an IV. So the brain would just go crazy conjuring up all kinds of crazy stories, and I love that. I love Howard Hughes 'cause he played this big thing. I mean, to me he's like one of my masters. But I don't know, this is the first time I've ever said this Shmuley, I love Howard, he's a genius.
The following is an excerpt from Rabbi Shmuley's book, in the chapter called "The Master of Mystery":Rabbi Shmuley: So what is it about the hidden which makes it outlast the revealed? What is it about holding something back that people want it suddenly?MJ: I just, I love, I do love the power of mystery, I really do. I think it's very powerful.RS: Is it spiritual? What is it?MJ: It's spiritual, it's, it's people conjure up all these ideas, people create it themselves. They conjure up all these ideas in their head about what's going on. I mean they used to say, you know, Howard Hughes is up there and he owns the hotel but he stays on that floor, he doesn't come down. He's in the dark, he's in the corner in the bed with long nails and hair to here and he's hooked to an IV. So the brain would just go crazy conjuring up all kinds of crazy stories, and I love that. I love Howard Hughes 'cause he played this big thing. I mean, to me he's like one of my masters. But I don't know, this is the first time I've ever said this Shmuley, I love Howard, he's a genius.RS: Because what? Because he knew the power of mystery?MJ: How to play people, yeah. He knew how to make the public interested. P.T. Barnum was pretty good at it hmself.