What Do We Know?
The New York Times had an oddly timed review of the career of the late James Dickey this morning. Anyone who has ever heard the phrase "squeal like a pig" or has hummed a few bars of dueling banjos surely knows Dickey's work. Those scenes were two of the most famous from the 1972 movie Deliverance, which was based on the book of the same name that Dickey wrote and got published in 1970.
The movie is almost a perfect adaption of the book except for two things. No one ever hollers "squeal like a pig" in the book and while the banjo playing scene is extremely well written, the music isn't there.
And this is Dickey's most famous novel, and as the Times points out it is not really indicative of his work. Dickey was a free flowing poet who wrote long and in detailed narratives. His most famous novel is almost sparse in its approach. To steal a line from Sesame Street, if lining up all of Dickey's work in a row "one of these things would not be like the other."
Which got me to wondering about what people are famous for and what we really know about them. In the world of public relations, we are so often asked to create an image for a client that they want as their face to the outside world. And sometimes, like Dickey, they become known for something that doesn't quite fit the rest of their career. Public opinion can be a tricky thing.
And besides that, we got to put a killer poster on the website today.
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