that's bob dylan
This clip came up on the "most watched" page of youtube. I haven't watched her other videos, so I can't say if this one is representative, but I enjoyed this one.
Things I like about this clip:
1. The reenactment
2. The repeat of the reenactment (but with a difference)
3. The background (lockers? where is she? so mysterious)
4. The invitation for her viewers to participate
This Vlogger (natalie) seems to be doing good work (lots of views, lots of participation, etc), and I may as well share two anecdotes her video made me think of.
First. When In the Heights was still off Broadway, a couple friends and I stayed around afterwards to meet Mandy Gonzalez as she came out of the stage door. But when she appeared, I realized I didn't have anything in particular to say (and my friends weren't speaking either), so rather than continue to stand and stare, I blurted out, "We've loved you since AIDA!" The "we" only actually counted for me and one of my friends (the other could have cared less), but I implicated them both, sharing my awkwardness rather than taking it all on myself (we ALL loved you since Aida; we are ALL crazy stalker fans who wait by the stage door en masse to tell you how long we've been following you). Mandy responded cheerfully, "Oh really? Aww!"
Second. This story comes to me second hand (and I only know one of players). At a fancy restaurant a few years back, a friend of mine and his companion were having a pleasant meal when who should sit down at the very next table but Bob Dylan himself! Seeing that his dinner companion didn't recognize Bob Dylan, my friend wondered how he could notify his companion as inconspicuously as possible. So he took out a pen and very casually wrote on his napkin, "That's Bob Dylan." He slid the napkin to his companion, pointing to the napkin as if to say "read this." The companion read the napkin. He looked up at my friend in bewilderment. My friend subtly, but excitedly, nodded his head. The companion looked down at the napkin and then up again at my friend--this time as though my friend were a crazy person. Putting his finger on the napkin, and exclaiming in a far-too-loud voice, the companion asked, "THAT'S Bob Dylan??!"
Things I like about this clip:
1. The reenactment
2. The repeat of the reenactment (but with a difference)
3. The background (lockers? where is she? so mysterious)
4. The invitation for her viewers to participate
This Vlogger (natalie) seems to be doing good work (lots of views, lots of participation, etc), and I may as well share two anecdotes her video made me think of.
First. When In the Heights was still off Broadway, a couple friends and I stayed around afterwards to meet Mandy Gonzalez as she came out of the stage door. But when she appeared, I realized I didn't have anything in particular to say (and my friends weren't speaking either), so rather than continue to stand and stare, I blurted out, "We've loved you since AIDA!" The "we" only actually counted for me and one of my friends (the other could have cared less), but I implicated them both, sharing my awkwardness rather than taking it all on myself (we ALL loved you since Aida; we are ALL crazy stalker fans who wait by the stage door en masse to tell you how long we've been following you). Mandy responded cheerfully, "Oh really? Aww!"
Second. This story comes to me second hand (and I only know one of players). At a fancy restaurant a few years back, a friend of mine and his companion were having a pleasant meal when who should sit down at the very next table but Bob Dylan himself! Seeing that his dinner companion didn't recognize Bob Dylan, my friend wondered how he could notify his companion as inconspicuously as possible. So he took out a pen and very casually wrote on his napkin, "That's Bob Dylan." He slid the napkin to his companion, pointing to the napkin as if to say "read this." The companion read the napkin. He looked up at my friend in bewilderment. My friend subtly, but excitedly, nodded his head. The companion looked down at the napkin and then up again at my friend--this time as though my friend were a crazy person. Putting his finger on the napkin, and exclaiming in a far-too-loud voice, the companion asked, "THAT'S Bob Dylan??!"
posted by David at 10:24 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home