# Eating spicy wings and guessing games: When selling the movie becomes the show

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/eating-spicy-wings-and-guessing-games-when-selling-the-movie-becomes-the-show/
- Published: 2026-11-14T04:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T05:22:13+00:00
- Original publisher: El País (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://english.elpais.com/people/2026-11-14/eating-spicy-wings-and-guessing-games-when-selling-the-movie-becomes-the-show.html
- Topics: Entertainment, Film, World

## Key points

- Film promotion increasingly relies on social-media stunts.
- Viral clips may attract views without selling the film.
- Experts say campaigns must connect attention to the title.

## Summary

Film and entertainment publicity is increasingly built around playful, social-media-friendly stunts, from spicy-wing interviews to games and unusual settings. These formats can attract large audiences, but the attention may centre on a celebrity’s performance rather than the film being promoted, raising questions about whether virality translates into interest in a release.

The article links the trend to the decline of a shared mass audience and the competition for people’s time from platforms, games, podcasts and everyday life. Marketing specialists say traditional interviews alone may no longer be enough, but argue that campaigns need to connect viral moments clearly to the title: one expert notes that 10 million views can create a meme without generating interest in the film.

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