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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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The Sons of Barnum

If you're wondering where Mark Borkowski and his Stuntwatch have been in recent weeks, then here is the explanation:

Mark Borkowski writes: The memory of the great "stuntsters" of movie history has been lost. The shibboleths of promotion were a heroic and mischievous breed of publicity seekers and fame makers. In short they were the unsurpassed masters of the art of media manipulation.

I went in search of these forgotten Sons of Barnum - a generation of publicists who were inspired by the antics of the great P.T.Barnum. Click here to read of my attempts to track down the forgotten past and pursues the anatomy of ballyhoo and baloney.

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