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That hadn't occurred to me before, but I think you're right in that JonTron's situation is roughly comparable to the second half of OP's article. Any real publi
by 542458 10y ago
That hadn't occurred to me before, but I think you're right in that JonTron's situation is roughly comparable to the second half of OP's article. Any real publicist would have advised him that doing that debate was a bad idea or at least would have prepped him for it, but it doesn't look like he got any such advice (or if he did he didn't listen to it).
There's probably a point to be made that a real publicist would also help do damage control, which both Pewdiepie and Jontron (and I imagine most people) are clearly are terrible at.
(One difference I would draw is that I don't think PewDiePie is genuinely racist, he just made a really, really stupid joke. Conversely, JonTron was pretty clear about what he thought about undesirables polluting the gene pool...)
- fullshark 10y agoThat's part of YouTube vloggers' appeal though. They seem genuine and not personalities and anecdotes carefully crafted by publicists like you see from celebrities on talk shows. This leads to the greater risk of someone doing something moronic, but the rewards are a greater connection with fans.
- fixermark 10y agoI don't get the sense PDP is particularly maliciously racist, but he has the kind of insensitivity to racism one gets when it hasn't hit one directly. For, I think, understandable reasons, a lot of people consider that a difference without distinction.
- 542458 10y agoI think that's fair (especially in light of some of the other racially and sexually off-color things he's done), and a good way to phrase it. I had tried to figure out how to say that in my initial comment, but I couldn't find the words for it. Thank you!