The Gong Show

We Live in Public

I just got back from a screening of We Live In Public. A “fan” of Pseudo.com started raving that Josh was a megalomaniac during the Q&A session and then rushed the stage and attacked Josh. Scott Heiferman, the moderator of the Q&A, tackled the attacker, but not before he got a few licks in on Josh.

I heard from a few people that the attacker was a plant, orchestrated by Josh. Which, in my opinion, makes the whole scene that much weirder… why would a guy want attention enough such that he would plan a fake assault on himself in the guise of a rabid fan? Really wild experience.

The movie was fantastic. Ondi is a great filmmaker.

Originally posted as a comment by andrewparker on Gotham Gal using Disqus.

I know it’s weird to reblog my own comment, but I essentially wrote a mini-post over in the Gotham Gal’s comment section, so I figured I’d just hit the reblog button, rather than copy and paste it into the post. Go read the Gotham Gal’s review of the movie, it’s great.

Update: Here’s a full video of the “attack” (recorded by Dave Evans) http://www.vimeo.com/4038177 . Also, I’ve been thinking about this more and more… since the attack was a plant, Josh’s goal was clearly to get me and any other participant in social media in the room to publish what happened… I’m just another cog in Josh’s mindfuck experiment.