Electus - Starring Ben Silverman
Apparently there is a new movie coming out called "Electus" and it looks like it stars Ben Silverman. This afternoon, I thought I would do a little checking up on Ben's $100 million dollar company and discovered that, unlike the way the website looked a month ago, there is actually some content now.
Content starring Ben Silverman.
The content is a $100 million dollar sizzle reel with flying headlines glorifying the accomplishments of... Ben Silverman.
I stared at the video, with its horrible techno-pop / Eurotrash soundtrack (though fitting), in amazement. Is this what revolution looks like?
I then went to the other page (yes, there is one other page on the site, you can't expect too much in one year) and discovered a chart. A chart that even a freakin' moron can understand.
How can something that looks so simple (so elegant) and so "old media" change the world in such a profound way?
I'm still trying to process how great it all is. I'm seriously at a loss for words.
There is only one person on the planet that knows what the future of media looks like. His name is Ben Silverman but he can't talk right now - he has an early morning call on the set of another sizzle reel he is starring in titled "Managing Expectations".
Jill Kennedy - OnMedea0 TrackBacks
Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: Electus - Starring Ben Silverman.
TrackBack URL for this entry: http://mankabros.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/jpgordo/managed-mt/mt-tb.cgi/565
5 Comments
About Jill Kennedy
Jill Kennedy is an Ivy League MBA / refugee from Lehman Brothers.
Manka Bros. (and the Manka Business Channel) hired her (for a very low sum) to cover the world of media (not the world of Medea) in her own words without corporate interference.
About Medea
Medea was a real bitch from classical mythology - as most famously dramatized by Euripides.
She was a sorceress and wife of Jason, whom she assisted in obtaining the Golden Fleece. When Jason deserted her, she chopped up their children. One could say, Medea acted as rationally as a major media company.
Tips, Scoops and Smoking Guns
Jill does not like Ben Silverman.
No, no, Molly - it's totally objective. He sucks on a totally objective level.
You're right it's a bizarre video. And Pedro & Maria? What's so revolutionary about that? The audience interacts by texting to influence the story? I thought it as Pedro & Maria's story why does some guy in St. Louis get to determine what Pedro does?
You should be applauded Ben, Jill. Obviously he didn't spend much of the $100 million on that video or on the website.
As Kramer once said, "You don't sell the steak...you sell the sizzle!" I wonder if Ben wrote that line.
And @greenville attorney: If you don't want to tell Jill how to run her blog, why did you go ahead and do just that in your comment?