Doublereed Archive - Posting 000054.txt from 2008/02

From: Kim Webster <kwoboe@-----.com>
Subj: [DR-L] Re: superbowl ad
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:51:16 -0500

Phil,
My students think it's cool - but then they already
play the oboe....

Kim
>
> Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 06:34:09 -0800 (PST)
> To: doublereed@-----.org
> From: Philip McKenzie <philclimb1@-----.com>
> Subject: Re: [DR-L] Re: superbowl ad
> Message-ID:
> <430086.41889.qm@-----.com>
>
> so if the oboe playing is a fiction, it's an
> interesting plot addition. being discovered bagging
> groceries then transitioning to professional
> footballer wasn't somehow impressive enough. he
> also had to play the oboe. now that's a impressive!
> but it's only impressive to the extent that you
> know what an oboe is so the player has to have a
> reason to tell the coach (and the audience) it's a
> member of the woodwind family. i wonder if the same
> people who didn't know what an oboe is know what the
> woodwind family is.
>
> in a joke, you add a name of a character or place
> that has a funny sound to it. oboe, not funny.
> contrabassoon, funny. ok, not that funny.
> sackbutt. funny, but maybe too implausible.
>
> my theory for something of absolutely no
> consequence: he played it in junior high school and
> the producers were humored and added it to the plot.
>
> fun that the oboe was used but i'm pretty sure it
> will not stimulate a single conversion among young
> players. to those teachers on the list, i'd be
> interested in any young person reaction to the
> commercial.
>
> Phil
>

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