Thursday, June 12, 2014

Sorry, I know bad acting when I see it ...

At the risk of appearing a cold-hearted bitch, I'm posting this video. I have a friend who became a dedicated activist with the loss of her college-aged son, but that was far from her initial reaction. If you want to learn more about her story, read Peace Mom by Cindy Sheehan. Rushing around the country giving speeches just doesn't happen overnight. This guy was on TV pointing fingers at the NRA within hours of his son being killed. That doesn't fly with me. See if you agree.

4 comments:

james said...

That video is pretty revealing, Jody. Bad acting, indeed. Thanks for posting it. I think we can see where his son's narcissism came from.

I guess the producers think they don't need it to be any better. Perhaps they have Pareto's Principle in mind - with a 20% effort (because it's cheaper) they can fool 80% of the people and that's all they need.

Didn't Dubya say something like "you can fool some of the people all of the time. Let's focus on them"

Jody Paulson said...


Thanks for the comment, James. To be fair, producing real tears on cue is one of the hardest things an actor can do. I played Juliet in a school production and couldn't do it myself. But I was on stage -- it's not a good idea to to "burst into tears" when you're on camera, and one can plainly see there *are* no tears. Come on, folks -- who does that unless they're putting on an act?

Jody Paulson said...

Here's another good video about this event. The narrator makes a great point about the fact that the 7-eleven clerks were actually depicted cleaning up the bloody mess at the crime scene, which would *never* happen in real life. He also notices something I noticed myself about the Vegas shootings ... there almost seems to be a purposeful "product placement" surrounding these incidents. If that isn't sick I don't know what is.

james said...

That second video is really telling, Jody. And the product placement! I was going to say it takes it to a new low but the 'lows' have always been there. We are just becoming aware of them. Sick indeed.