Because it’s now officially Golden Globes soon to be Oscar madness, it reminded me of a conversation I had with someone about how there are too many metaphors for things now, and that we might as well compare blogs to actors. Viola! So basically, if your blog was an actor, who it would it be. I looked at the list of blogs in the sidebar and came up with a few possibilities. (Not in terms of comparing the physical attributes of the blog’s author, but its overall tone and personality.) Hence the title of this post. Danny Devito probably sums up fairly well what you get here: Hopefully funny, other times serious, other times scheming, and other times, well, you just aren’t sure. Danger!But why stop there. Here are a few blogs and the actors I think would match up best. (No Dane Cooks among them, thankfully.) By no means scientific—by all means just one more way to kill your day. (Hate the actor I choose? Did I leave you out? No prob, it’s the internet where everyone is free to do what they want! Add/change yours in the comments.)
AdFreak - Will Ferrell
AdPulp - Forest Whittaker or Robert Duvall
Adrants - Jeremy Piven
American Copywriter - Matt Damon or John Goodman
Brandflakes for Breakfast - Tom Hanks
Copyranter - Mickey Rourke or Ed Norton
Live and Uncensored - Sandra Bernhard & Sara Silverman
Moda di Magno - Helen Hunt or Reese Witherspoon
Multicultclassics - John Turturro
Not Billable - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Public School Intelligentsia - Juliette Lewis
Thought Gadgets - Liam Neeson
Toad Stool - Ed Harris or William H. Macy
Where’s My Jetpack? - John Cusack or Sam Shepard
Why Advertising Sucks - Robert Wuhl
8 comments:
i'd like to think that:
brentter.com - matthew broderick (from ferris buelers day off)
but i'll leave that to you guys...
copyranter - either mickey rourke or dog the bounty hunter
talent zoo - the 'don't taze me bro' kid from last year
adscam - donald sutherland (but back in his 'dirty dozen days')
Nice list. I don't mind for a minute being Sam Shepherd, back in the Jessica-Lang-when-she-was-hot years, that is.
Cusack? Eh - I can see it.
Good call on Juliette Lewis and PSI.
In terms of role models, AdFreak consciously styled itself after Sinbad and Bob Saget.
I was going to raise my voice in dissent, but then I watched Sarah Silverman Explains Kabbalah and felt better.
Just watched some Bernhard and am offended again. This must be roughly how you felt when I called you DeVito.
Good pick on AdScam, Brent. I get more of a Mickey-Rourke-circa-Barfly vibe for that one, though - maybe with a little more Bukowski than even Mick could muster.
Finally. You recognize that people who complain my blog is unintelligible simply need to read it loudly with an Irish lilt while wrinkling their magnificant brows. Preferrably while wearing no pants, just a heavy kilt or Jedi robe. Gaze intently at the screen and try to show no emotion. If possible, reach down and grasp a lightsaber, or better yet, grab your enemy's steel sword by the sharp end of the blade before killing them.
There. Much clearer.
Wilson!!!
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