i am working the festival this year as a publicist. and have been attending lots of parties. also hosting some. the following happened on tuesday evening. and is, quite frankly, one of my favorite moments of the festival.
i'm standing at the entrance to the riverhorse restaurant where there is obviously a private party going on inside. this smarmy guy and about ten people roll up to the door. he tells me he's there for the party and shoves his business card in my face. he's from NBC universal. i inform him that he's not on the list. he informs me that there must be a mistake because his assistant told him to come. i ask who his assistant is? he gives me her name. i tell him i have never heard of him or his assistant and he's not getting in. he's getting clearly agitated (because he's losing face in front of his ten cohorts!). so i ask, "do you know what event this is?" and he says, "ah, no. my assistant just told me to be here." so i say, "oh, well, it's a party for nakedjen.com. are you interested in putting her on NBC?"
he says, "nakedjen.com? is she a porn star?"
i say, "well, obviously you know nothing about her. so you should NOT be coming to this party."
he says, "i'm telling you my assistant told me..."
i say, "and i'm telling you you're not invited..."
so he and his ten folks trudge away. and i say, "nakedjen wouldn't want you in her party. she doesn't like people who think they can shove their way in where they're not invited!"
and then he tells me he's going to have me fired. that he's going to contact nakedjen.com and let them know how he was treated!
it was, quite frankly, one of my favorite sundance moments.
