Media Interviewing Perspective From Frank Zappa

February 27, 2007

PR folks and media trainers will find this amusing… Frank Zappa’s perspective on media interviews and image. As Frank points out, it’s not performance, it’s an accommodation. “Being interviewed is one of the most abnormal things… it’s two steps removed from the inquisition,” he said.

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  1. The Media Interview » Blog Archive » The mother of inventing yourself for each media interview on February 27th, 2007 11:37 pm

    [...] In this clip from a 1983 TV interview, musician Frank Zappa places media interviews just slightly above the Inquisition, but also makes an interesting point that he “accommodates” each interviewer by being the Frank Zappa that suits the interviewers level of questioning. Thanks to Todd And for finding this clip and posting it on his blog: [...]

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