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On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:56:27 -0500, "catpandaddy"
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>"David Milligan" wrote in message
>news:i27peb$d0r$1@news.eternal-september.org...
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>> "jack" wrote in message
>> news:9c62b044-2c52-4c25-b395-595fbb119d6c@l14g2000yql.googlegroups.com...
>> On Jul 20, 11:00 pm, StarkillerT wrote:
>>> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:40:27 -0500, "catpandaddy"
>>> wrote:
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>>> >"StarkillerT" wrote in message
>>> >news:ep7c469mq7nsudpnelv3g4aoa5k8e1idr0@4ax.com...
>>> >> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:34:57 -0600, "Joetheone"
>>> >> wrote:
>>>
>>> >>>"StarkillerT" wrote in message
>>> >>>news:ib1246p2dao9koh886o9gn41ogtpf8pe2s@4ax.com...
>>>
>>> >>>> It's just plain weird to see Gaius Baltar(James Callis) playing a
>>> >>>> 1940s era American scientist and speaking without the British
>>> >>>> accent.
>>> >>>> Which for me make the new episodes even more surreal than they are
>>> >>>> intended to be.
>>> >>>> Callis does play his part quite well though. His accent just barely
>>> >>>> slips through a few times.
>>>
>>> >>>It ended up being just a bad American accent, almost as bad as
>>> >>>Bamber's.
>>> >>>Wish they would have given him the zoot suit for BSG, though. It's a
>>> >>>good
>>> >>>look for him.
>>> >>>And I think I'm going to enjoy him in this role. Looks like a good
>>> >>>season
>>> >>>for Eureka.
>>>
>>> >> Indeed. A lot of todays younger actors just look like they're wearing
>>> >> a costume when dressing for a 30s or 40s era role.
>>> >> Callis' wardrobe person did a good job of making him look like he
>>> >> belonged in that suit.
>>>
>>> >What is it that makes the difference? Does a real 40s suit look fake on
>>> >camera, so that they need a not-quite-authentic version which looks "on
>>> >film" to be more authentic than the real deal itself? Like using dry ice
>>> >because real fog photographs with too smokelike an appearance to be
>>> >convincing or something like that?
>>>
>>> A lot of times it is the fit of the suit. I've seen a few where the
>>> suits are kinda baggy as todays male actors are on average more
>>> slender than their preedecessors back then. The difference is not as
>>> much the suit itself as far as authenticity goes but how the actor
>>> wears it and how it fits.
>>> And then there are subtle things like Callis has the more defined
>>> jawline as did a lot of folks in that era whereas a lot of todays
>>> actors have the more soft rounded off jaw and chinlines.
>>> Put 32 year old Ashton Kutcher in a suit like that and he looks like a
>>> kid wearing his dads clothes.
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>>
>>> I think a lot of young guys look like kids playing dress-up when
>>> wearing more mature suits, especially three-piece ones. Somehow, all
>>> that cloth just needs a more adult look to the face. Also, business
>>> attire fell out of fashion as an everyday look back in the Sixties.
>>> Most young guys will wear a suit on a regular basis only after they
>>> get their first office job. And blue-collar guys maybe will put one
>>> on for special church occasions. They're just not used to wearing
>>> them.
>>
>> Work construction (sheet metal). I own one ugly brown coat and
>> slightly mis-matched pants - my funeral suit. "Dress up'' is a good pair
>> of blue jeans and a clean shirt with a collar.
>> Who REALLY needs more that THAT?
>
>Depends on which clients you are trying to approach. Ask for a minute of a
>wealthy exec's time wearing either of those outfits, and he may mistake you
>for a panhandler.
Actually I sell around $1.5 million a year in services for my company
wearing jeans, work boots and workshirts. :-)
But I have to admit I am in a construction trade.
I damn sure wouldn't have done that if I had been trying to sell
insurance dressed like that.
BTW, sales is not my primary function. I'm a systems engineer that
just happens to get lucky being in the right place at the right time
on occassion. Our real sales reps sell over $15 million a year each
on average.
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