Talk:Sam Rubin

Jackson interview controversy

While I can understand a need to nuance the controversy, the attempt misspells Jacksons name, and it makes him out to be the one making the mistake. Also, the very valid reference to Rubin's apology was removed.

Taken together, this completely changes how the actual event (the interview) comes across, so I quick-reverted.

This should not be taken to mean I oppose attempts to nuance the description (on the contrary!) only that I encourage a bit more care to be taken not to whitewash Rubin's (re)actions both during and after the event: he did act completely guilty, so just saying Jackson was "mistaken" would be a gross simplification. CapnZapp (talk) 20:46, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Apologies for the late and lengthy response. I wasn't aware of Wikipedia's talk page at the time of my edit and have only stumbled across your response today.

I feel that Sam did not confuse Jackson with Fishburne because he introduced the interview with, "I tell you what, [you're] working for Marvel, the Super Bowl commercial..." . Samuel L. Jackson was working for Marvel; he featured in a Super Bowl commercial for Captain America: The Winter Soldier. That line should vindicate him of the primary claim, given that Laurence Fishburne was in a Kia Commercial and not at the time working for Marvel. Why Sam acted "completely guilty" during the interview is up for speculation; whether reading questions written by someone else or simply being caught off-guard by the unexpected confrontation, I feel that his opening line alongside his apology video (Unreliable mirror), confirms that he was referring to The Winter Soldier and that the characterisation of the event as: "Rubin mistakenly asked Jackson about the success of the superbowl trailer advertised at the Superbowl" is false. I'll concede that placing it all on Jackson is also a mischaracterisation. More accurately it's a combination of Samuel L. Jackson and Sam Rubin making mistakes: Jackson not being aware of the trailer and assuming Sam had confused him with Fishburne (additionally, it was an out-of-scope question as he was there to talk about RoboCop) and Sam Rubin being unable to cope with the interview once it had gone off-script. As these types of interviews are usually planned in advance it's plausible that the Super Bowl line was a late addition to make the interview more current. I've worked on live sets and can attest to the unfortunate reality that in the rush of video production presenters will usually read the script for the first time on air.

I'm happy to give it another go or discuss how this event could be better described in away that accounts for these nuances. Simply put, the lack of detail irks me, which in retrospect, is a charge that my original edit also is guilty of. Herlome (talk) 6:43, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

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