This documentary in black and white, ostensibly about Irish American Catholic Bible salesman, shows us a microcosm of (any kind of) sales work. Although with Salesman we specifically see a grueling door-to-door kind of selling, peddling and hawking in their various forms date back, one suspects, thousands of years. Selling is a truly social, virtually relentless activity with a long history.
Two questions for now. One: how much of an "observer effect" distorts what might have otherwise happened had there been no cameras, just salesmen and clients?
Two: How have sales techniques changed along with technology and living patterns, specifically since Salesman was made in the 1960s? Or have they?
Today's Rune: Journey.
2 comments:
I think about what an incredibly hard life that would be
Erik-Yes, cameras change 'reality'. Now, social media is a big part of sales. Like Charles said, sales are incredibly hard-for me anyway!
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