{"id":573893414,"date":"2021-07-27T22:05:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T02:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573893414"},"modified":"2021-07-30T22:19:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T02:19:15","slug":"recycling-a-twitter-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2021\/07\/27\/recycling-a-twitter-thread\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling a Twitter thread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I pulled all of this together right after Cleveland announced their new team name. I like these montages and appreciate the work that goes into these rollouts. In this case they&#8217;re doing nothing less than staking out their new identity in front of a multinational audience. It&#8217;s no small thing, and worthy of a bit of study. <\/p>\n<p>(And if you think this is nerdy, ask me about the breakdown I used to do with the more effective Super Bowl spots as a classroom exercise.)<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I let this sit and breathe for a few days. I watched the video again and was pleased with my off-the-cuff impressions. And since I don&#8217;t have anything good for you here, please enjoy the new Cleveland Guardians video.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;City on the rise&quot; and &quot;forging into the future from our ironed out past.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>You know what&#39;s coming, right?<\/p>\n<p>And then a lot of local cultural color: city of fire and water, blue collars, scholars, and roots. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C5yWQQ3KYm\">pic.twitter.com\/C5yWQQ3KYm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1418594409537495046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You&#39;ve got specific-instance references. Anyone could figure it out, inferring with a bit of baseball acumen and the matching visuals, but this insider stuff solidifies the third person subjective and possessive.<\/p>\n<p>Now you&#39;re leaning in. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dMWlInhYlL\">pic.twitter.com\/dMWlInhYlL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1418594426633523202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As an aside, and a matter of taste: I&#39;ll argue all day long that Tom Hanks doesn&#39;t get his due for his powers as a voiceover artist. Initially, I thought he was the wrong person for this. <\/p>\n<p>The way he did the last half of that sentence though, that&#39;s why he&#39;s here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dwrEcndRbw\">pic.twitter.com\/dwrEcndRbw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1418594451602223105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now it&#39;s fan\/city\/ballplayer montage. (It&#39;s baseball, so more kids, more women and POC representation is happening here. Smart.)<\/p>\n<p>There&#39;s one weak line in this stretch, but maybe it works better locally.<\/p>\n<p>It ends with &quot;Together, we are all &#8230; &quot;<\/p>\n<p>It really is something. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mpFymzDYZ6\">pic.twitter.com\/mpFymzDYZ6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kennysmith\/status\/1418594468639481859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>More on <a TARGET=\"Blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kennysmith\">Twitter<\/a>, check me out on <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kennydsmith\/\">Instagram<\/a> and did you know that Phoebe and Poseidon have an Instagram account? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/phoebe_and_poe\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Phoebe and Poe<\/a> have an Instagram account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I pulled all of this together right after Cleveland announced their new team name. I like these montages and appreciate the work that goes into these rollouts. In this case they&#8217;re doing nothing less than staking out their new identity in front of a multinational audience. 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