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SmartBlog On Social Media » Blog Archive » Today’s bonus tracks — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:32:53 +0000

[...] What you can learn from Lindsay Lohan [...]

By: Stilgherrian

Stilgherrian — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:36:07 +0000

Lindsay Lohan’s video still has me laughing. Great script and delivery. But I can’t help but think, “Why did they over-produce the thing, with so many cuts and camera angles?”

I think it would have been far more effective if it were shot on a webcam or a consumer-grade video camera, just like anyone else’s dating-site profile. One camera angle, and jump cuts. That would’ve been better at communicating “I’m just a human like you who, yeah, makes mistakes.”

By: Ike

Ike — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:21:27 +0000

It’s brilliant.

Make all the jokes at your own expense, and it takes the wind out of the sails of those who would deride you.

To a degree, it’s just another nail in the coffin of the celebrity-leech industry. Ashton and Demi are showing the world how to put the paparazzi out of business, and Lindsey is undercutting the bloggerazzi.

By: Geoff Livingston

Geoff Livingston — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:34:57 +0000

Absolutely. It’s hard to look in the mirror and say you haven’t made such errors in the past. So how can you judge someone else who owns their faults?

By: Stuart Foster

Stuart Foster — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:17:46 +0000

LiLo’s publicist is genius. This is pretty much the only way that she can rise back to the top from an all time low. I mean she got dumped by Sam Ronson…ouch.

Saying you messed up is great and people will respect you for it more if you don’t lie about any of it. Lay it all out there, the public and people in general are pretty forgiving under those circumstances.