This style of back + forth conversation and the intonation in his voice while giving his spiel is really common lately. Does it have a name, or is there a specific school/track that people tend to follow and learn this? I’ve heard it a lot in Youtube/Tiktok videos. It reminds me of a modern day transatlantic accent.
Unfortunately misses the chance to lampoon how the modern office perverted the vision of Robert Prouse’s Action Office.
> With Action Office, Propst created a workspace solution that fit the way people really worked. Action Office was designed as a set of components that could be combined and recombined to become whatever an office needed to be over time.
But it was seen as too expensive for offices. Instead, they took the concept of moveable walls and created cubicles.
This style of back + forth conversation and the intonation in his voice while giving his spiel is really common lately. Does it have a name, or is there a specific school/track that people tend to follow and learn this? I’ve heard it a lot in Youtube/Tiktok videos. It reminds me of a modern day transatlantic accent.
This is my impersonation of it to give an example of what I’m talking about: https://voca.ro/14Yv9PJf4ypv
Wow wow wow wow.
Hah — cubes. Remember when companies had enough money for cubes?
His schtick would stop being funny if I wasn’t so certain it was accurate to the kinds of people running the entertainment industry.
Unfortunately misses the chance to lampoon how the modern office perverted the vision of Robert Prouse’s Action Office.
> With Action Office, Propst created a workspace solution that fit the way people really worked. Action Office was designed as a set of components that could be combined and recombined to become whatever an office needed to be over time.
But it was seen as too expensive for offices. Instead, they took the concept of moveable walls and created cubicles.
https://www.wired.com/2014/04/how-offices-accidentally-became-hellish-cubicle-farms/
This video is technically correct. The best kind of correct.
This hits too close to home
How long do i have to work here? DECADES!