Defending Hal Riney: It's All About Respect

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I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anything like the letter by the 30-something copywriter, who did everything but drive a stake through Hal Riney’s heart [Letters, Sept. 20].
What did Hal do to this man, run over his cat?
Actually, Hal’s main offenses seem to be his age and the fact that in his time he did things differently from the happening, cutting-edge advertising that’s produced now.
The morals of the story: If you can’t learn from Hal Riney’s work, you can’t learn at all.


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