What the Berdovsky Affair seems to have taught us is that the line between guerilla advertising, guerilla theater and actual guerilla warfare is so thin as to be indistinguishable.
William S. Burroughs' conjured with this notion back in the 1960's in his little known unpublished manuscript "The Real Boy Scout Manual". Herein Burroughs advocates a variety of unique guerilla tactics for the aspiring Jefe Maximo, from the compilation of fictitious lists of fellow travelers that would prod police repression to the recruitment of street gang youths as de-facto praetorian guardsmen.
He also discussed the efficacy of faux bomb threats and other malevolent stunts.
Curiously appropos would you not say?
On an unrelated note, I have to say that Berdovksy and Stevens' churlish and inane performance at their arraignment yesterday probably doomed any hope of holding Interference Inc or Turner Broadcasting accountable for their entirely questionable advertising tactics.
A simple apology would have left the two of them forgotten and send the press hounds baying after Turner Inc et al...but no the camera's little red light came on ands Berdovsky started braying like a jack-ass.
Given the outrage the two artists have attracted they are worth treble their money for the attention they've taken off their employers.
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