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Elocution’s Big Adventure
“Speak softly and carry a big stick…”
–Theodore Roosevelt
Projecting the right tone can be everything. No matter the endeavor, whether personal or professional, people respond to what and how they hear things.
During acting classes, vocal training and breathing exercises are no joke. In high school, reading from a textbook to the class in timid fashion can brand you for life in a not so flattering light. Mumbling words when hanging out with friends will spark an awkward question-and-answer session.
On the other hand, firmly taking a position with an assertive, yet non-abrasive tone on a controversial issue demonstrates knowledge and strength. Performing stand-up comedy that treats makes the back row sneak-in like the front row star earns street cred from the crowd. Picking the right messenger for the message is paramount (cough cough 2016 election on both sides).
However, the best way to prove the point about striking the right tone is illustrated in the remixed movie trailer of The Dark Knight Rises featuring an unlikely voice from the past.
A red and white bike riding past.
Safe to say this voice-over projects a wildly different conclusion to the Christopher Nolan trilogy that defined a generation. Despite being completely contrary to the film’s intended message, it’s one of those rare moments when the wrong tone was unthinkably transformed into the right tone by revealing a new, surprisingly entertaining perspective.
Speak softly and carry a big shtick.
Earth to Vogue, Madonna Isn’t Here
The number 73 is 9 in model years.
Despite a runway delay of 15 years due to the world’s paralyzing excitement from “Magnum” back in 2001, there is great interest into what Derek Zoolander and his new BFMMP (Best Friend Male Model Person) Hansel have been up to. Thankfully, Zoolander No.2 arrives in theaters on February 12th.
Hopefully, no eugoogly’s have been written.
To whet our appetite for the next few weeks, an exclusive interview was uploaded today. Vogue managed to get invited into Derek’s stylish loft and subsequently climb inside Derek’s brain to shine a light from ear-to-ear for the whole world to see. Surprisingly, this interview was arranged without the bribe of an orange mocha frappuccino.
I wonder if Derek Zoolander’s kid can read good…and do other stuff good too?
Find out February 12th!
Brought to You by the Letters F-U-N
Just as we all learned the ABC’s from Sesame Street, our favorite furry animals took some time to learn the ABC’s of…
photobombing!
Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon clearly was the best choice for the job.
This seemed like a surprisingly fun way to go into the weekend. Rediscovering the child within us can be the perfect remedy for those cold, rainy and overcast January days.
Hopefully, your weekend develops into something great!
Six Degrees of Breathing
We’re all first-time Jamaican bobsledders when our bones are chilling in single-digit weather.
When schools are increasingly being cancelled twelve hours before the start of the first class, that’s typically a sign to put on a pair of gloves, a scarf and a George Costanza puffy Michelin Man Gore-Tex jacket. The old school, non-digital thermostat that hangs outside everybody’s home will freeze in place at around 6-degrees tomorrow morning.
That’s chilly, even in Calgary.
Ahhhh…Smoke Breathe it in.
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