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Who the hell signs off and thinks this is a good idea? I'm sure the folks from Paris and Brussels got a real chuckle out of it.
To add...have they learned nothing over there? Had this been a real event, all those people running toward the pool (really?) would have ended up in there, dead. Where was real security?
Would like to think that US marketing companies would not be so stupid - I'm only posting this story because it brings up again the topic of, "when do you shoot?" Granted, most folks in Europe are not armed...but here? Not necessarily the case...
In today's climate, gun pranks and especially 'terror' pranks are nothing to fuck around with...eventually one of these pranks are going to end with bullets flying - then what? Charge someone for murder when there was no real threat? Ugh :wall:
Company's PR stunt causes panic at exclusive hotel near Cannes Film Festival | Fox News
A French internet company’s PR stunt, that featured a group of fake commandos approaching a historic celebrity-filled hotel near the Cannes Film Festival, caused a panic Friday.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, a group of six men in the militia-style gear approached the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc where Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter was hosting an exclusive party on the property. One of the men stormed the stairs leading up to the resort.
"We were all caught off guard," publicist J.R. Savet told The Hollywood Reporter Saturday. "And then someone screamed and people jumped out of their chairs and started moving quickly to the swimming pool area. It was pretty scary. The fact that the men appeared to be (dressed like) an ISIS-like militia group was quite shocking.”
To add...have they learned nothing over there? Had this been a real event, all those people running toward the pool (really?) would have ended up in there, dead. Where was real security?
Would like to think that US marketing companies would not be so stupid - I'm only posting this story because it brings up again the topic of, "when do you shoot?" Granted, most folks in Europe are not armed...but here? Not necessarily the case...
In today's climate, gun pranks and especially 'terror' pranks are nothing to fuck around with...eventually one of these pranks are going to end with bullets flying - then what? Charge someone for murder when there was no real threat? Ugh :wall:
Company's PR stunt causes panic at exclusive hotel near Cannes Film Festival | Fox News
A French internet company’s PR stunt, that featured a group of fake commandos approaching a historic celebrity-filled hotel near the Cannes Film Festival, caused a panic Friday.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, a group of six men in the militia-style gear approached the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc where Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter was hosting an exclusive party on the property. One of the men stormed the stairs leading up to the resort.
"We were all caught off guard," publicist J.R. Savet told The Hollywood Reporter Saturday. "And then someone screamed and people jumped out of their chairs and started moving quickly to the swimming pool area. It was pretty scary. The fact that the men appeared to be (dressed like) an ISIS-like militia group was quite shocking.”
