[arg_discuss] Blair Witch

[Hugh Davies]

Forgive my ignorance Micheal, but I haven't seen your discussions outlining
the elements of transparency in Blair Witch campaign in this list so i
appogise if im skipping over well trodden ground. I can only guess that this
discussion happened over a year ago and thus before my time.

I have to say, at the time of its release there was little to suggest to the
average punter that Blair Witch was anything but kosher in that kind of
social "saw it with my own eyes" urban myth way. I noticed Wikipedia
mentions Blair Witch as "presented as documentary" yet many sites refer to
it lovingly as a hoax.

I guess what I'm most curious about what term do you feel would best
represent the nature of the Blair Witch text?



ps

For what is worth, I took "staged discussion" to mean stuff like forums,
documentaries and other media that are created to reinforce the mythology of
the original text.