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It's hard not to sound partisan when doing something like this; I timed the applause that followed every line in Bush's State of the Union address and present here only those lines that really got Congress on its feet. I tracked in my own voice reading out the length in seconds of each round of applause.
I'm not sure how this reflects on the speech; to be fair, all politicians rely on stock phrases to make people clap; a lot of these could have been said by any President in the last twenty years.
Still...
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It's hard not to sound partisan when doing something like this; I timed the applause that followed every line in Bush's State of the Union address and present here only those lines that really got Congress on its feet. I tracked in my own voice reading out the length in seconds of each round of applause. I'm not sure how this reflects on the speech; to be fair, all politicians rely on stock phrases to make people clap; a lot of these could have been said by any President in the last twenty years. Still...
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Review of What Brought the House DownOk, so it's a little unfair for me to review this because my roommate, close friend and sometime collaborator produced it. But I've just listened to it for perhaps the tenth time, and it made me laugh again. So what I can I say? He's my friend, but it's honestly hilarious and insightful. Brendan has a way of seeing themes and patterns. An hour of a deeply forgettable speech becomes memorable in a 2:35 selective cut that strips all artifice away. Here are the applause lines, folks. Notice how Bush delivers them; it is clear to him that they are applause lines, and he pauses to wait for what he knows is coming. This is what oratory has become, shown at its nakedest in this clip. Listen, shiver slightly, and laugh. |
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Posted on March 01, 2006 at 09:47 AM | Permalink
Review of What Brought the House Down
This is hysterical. That's all I can say, it really made me laugh, and I seriously thought it was going to be boring as hell. Not so! It wasn't even contrived (okay, my next fear).
My nine year old loved it, and to quote her, "I blame President Bush for everything. Even if I trip and hurt my foot." This one spoke to her, but I'm old and it spoke to me, too. A universal piece, well, universal in select circles, I guess. Too bad I waited almost two years to hear it.
We applauded for two minutes, I swear.