VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

[Philip Banks]

Ben Tillett described work as a London docker at the end of the 19th century in his book A Brief History of the Dockers Union (1910)

We are driven into a shed, iron-barred from end to end, outside of which a foreman or contractor walks up and down with the air of a dealer in a cattlemarket, picking and choosing from a crowd of men, who, in their eagerness to obtain employment, trample each other under foot, and where like beasts they fight for the chances of a day's work.


In 2009 I decided that far too many Voice Overs behave like Dockers. We are not Dockers and a client is not a foreman.

[Lizden]

The more things change...
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[bobsouer]

Philip,

Quite so.
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[Lance Blair]

I've been thinking of the song "Too Many People" by Paul McCartney lately through the prism of Voiceoverism:

Too many people going underground,
Too many reaching for a piece of cake.
Too many people pulled and pushed around,
Too many waiting for that lucky break.

That was your first mistake,
You took your lucky break and broke it in two.
Now what can be done for you?
You broke it in two.

Too many people sharing party lines,
Too many people ever sleeping late.
Too many people paying parking fines,
Too many hungry people losing weight.

That was your first mistake,
You took your lucky break and broke it in two.
Now what can be done for you?
You broke it in two.

Too many people preaching practices,
Don't let 'em tell you what you wanna be.
Too many people holding back,
This is crazy, and baby, it's not like me.

That was your last mistake,
I find my love awake and waiting to be.
Now what can be done for you?
She's waiting for me
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[Ed Gambill]

I wear Dockers but I march to the beat of my own internal clock.

Was offered cattle call auditions for oncamera and after a while stopped going to them

Oops I though Dockers were shoes I wear Sperry Topsiders, much better for marching.
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[Bailey]

Philip,

Well said.
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