Wednesday, July 12, 2006
How to handle the media
For Immediate Release
Intrepid world traveller and future year 2 UBC Law Student Andy Pearcey has appeared on Singapore National Television calling for a more tolerant attitude towards treating pornography as art. He also offered that he would not like to see American Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice in the buff, but would be happy to encounter Angelina Jolie naked. He made the comments after being ambushed by a televison crew while minding his own business walking around a popular Singapore Shopping District. He was approached and asked if he'd be willing to answer a few questions about the Singapore Art Scene. Only being in Singapore for a couple of days, he was reluctant to be interviewed, but after offering that he had visited a couple of local museums he agreed to answer a few questions. Pearcey praised Singapore's efforts to improve the quality of museums and arts available to the citizens and stressed that a vibrant arts scene is essential to improving a city's quality of life. He said that if he had more time in this country, he would make the effort to check out the arts scene. Not satisfied with these thoughtful and diplomatic remarks, the journalist moved onto the key of the interview: what did the foreigner think of the arts versus porn debate? Pearcey, a pro with handling such out of the blue questions, kept his cool and expressed a desire for people to have a healthy attitude towards a normal human function. This, he explained on national televisions, requires people to be able to talk, write and depict it. Pornography, which is exploitative, is different, but which is which is in the eye of the beholder and not for the government to dictate. Pearcey was then, for some weird reason, asked which celebraty he would most like to see in the nude. Pearcey tried to demur from answering such a frivilous question, but under constant pestering, with a twinkle in his eye, looked straight in the camera and said not Condoleeza Rice, perhaps Angeline Jolie or Cindy Crawford, but they may be a bit too old for me, and then walked off. Pearcey's next media availability will be in front of the Petronas Towers in KL on the evening of July 13th. He is willing to answer questions on gay rights, the conflict in the middle east, North Korea, euthenasia and abortion.
Intrepid world traveller and future year 2 UBC Law Student Andy Pearcey has appeared on Singapore National Television calling for a more tolerant attitude towards treating pornography as art. He also offered that he would not like to see American Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice in the buff, but would be happy to encounter Angelina Jolie naked. He made the comments after being ambushed by a televison crew while minding his own business walking around a popular Singapore Shopping District. He was approached and asked if he'd be willing to answer a few questions about the Singapore Art Scene. Only being in Singapore for a couple of days, he was reluctant to be interviewed, but after offering that he had visited a couple of local museums he agreed to answer a few questions. Pearcey praised Singapore's efforts to improve the quality of museums and arts available to the citizens and stressed that a vibrant arts scene is essential to improving a city's quality of life. He said that if he had more time in this country, he would make the effort to check out the arts scene. Not satisfied with these thoughtful and diplomatic remarks, the journalist moved onto the key of the interview: what did the foreigner think of the arts versus porn debate? Pearcey, a pro with handling such out of the blue questions, kept his cool and expressed a desire for people to have a healthy attitude towards a normal human function. This, he explained on national televisions, requires people to be able to talk, write and depict it. Pornography, which is exploitative, is different, but which is which is in the eye of the beholder and not for the government to dictate. Pearcey was then, for some weird reason, asked which celebraty he would most like to see in the nude. Pearcey tried to demur from answering such a frivilous question, but under constant pestering, with a twinkle in his eye, looked straight in the camera and said not Condoleeza Rice, perhaps Angeline Jolie or Cindy Crawford, but they may be a bit too old for me, and then walked off. Pearcey's next media availability will be in front of the Petronas Towers in KL on the evening of July 13th. He is willing to answer questions on gay rights, the conflict in the middle east, North Korea, euthenasia and abortion.
