7:56AM Kyle Buchanan | There’s a certain, overbearing art to the publicist pitch, especially when the flack is emailing an editor to suggest that a client receive coverage in their magazine. Not every thespian is a cover-worthy Angelina Jolie, but most publicists tout their C- and D-listers as though they are, filling their pitches with paragraph upon paragraph of that actor’s multiple, stunning achievements (often bolded, capitalized, and punctuated with several exclamation points for emphasis). By the time you finished reading them, you’d be convinced that an actor’s upcoming, three-episode arc on
Brothers & Sisters deserved no less than
Time’s “Person of the Year.”
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