Lopsided Sandwich
August 16th, 2005I quit my job yesterday.
If not already a fan, please visit Adam Green’s website and watch the video for “Friends of Mine.” Aside from being a lovely song (along with “Jessica Simpson”), the video is a shot-for-shot recreation of an infomercial for motivational/real estate method tapes.
Look for Adam using the motivational “thumb point.” Doug pointed this out during the taping, that speakers and politicians never point with a finger… they point with a fist with the thumb slightly cocked. Is this in imitation of Bob Dole’s palsied pen-gripping hand? I’m seeing it everywhere. Thumb pointing is probably less confrontational that finger pointing. It also looks far more retarded.
August 16th, 2005 at 3:25 pm
I think I read that some republican pollster noted that voters didn’t like it when Clinton would emphasize a point with his index finger (pre-Dole), so word went out that the thumb-pointing would be republican policy. Clinton quickly adopted it too, and now everybody seems to do it.