Slog - Comments on Darcy Burner's New Ad http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad Am I the only one who thinks Darcy needs to work with a speech coach on dropping her voice an octave?... Copyright 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:57:24 -0800 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:55:05 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by ams It's just you, you sexist pig! She sounds like a normal woman.

]]> ams http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092624 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092624 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:15:32 -0800 Comment by Lobot Yay Darcy!

]]> Lobot http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092626 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092626 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:17:14 -0800 Comment by microveldt Sounds normal, and a good octave below Alex Alben's vocal pitch.

]]> microveldt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092630 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092630 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:18:33 -0800 Comment by Karlheinz Arschbomber And maybe grow hair on her chest, too.

Can she beat incumbent Sheriff Frank Drebin?

I sure hope so.
This ad is so touchy-feely generic, it really says nothing.

And I'm a campaign donor for Darcy.

]]> Karlheinz Arschbomber http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092631 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092631 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:18:45 -0800 Comment by raindrop Like fingernails on a chalkboard, only worse.

]]> raindrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092633 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092633 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:19:11 -0800 Comment by vooodooo84 It thought her voice sounded fine, But i suppose Dan would prefer her to sound like Kathleen Turner or Dr. Girlfriend.

]]> vooodooo84 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092634 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092634 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:19:14 -0800 Comment by microveldt Sounds normal, and a good octave below Alex Alben's vocal pitch.

]]> microveldt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092638 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092638 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:20:13 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Sounds normal to me.

Maybe you hang out with smokers too much?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092643 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092643 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:21:54 -0800 Comment by mcbush Her voice is fine.... Go back to writing about jack shacks, would ya Savage?

]]> mcbush http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092649 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092649 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:23:54 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball She sounds great! Go Darcy!

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092689 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092689 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:44:17 -0800 Comment by Big Sven Dr. Girlfriend! Yes!

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092690 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092690 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:46:00 -0800 Comment by saxfanatic Sure, she could use her vocal coach. She's not breathing from her diaphragm. When she starts speaking in public she'll sound underpowered.

However, I'm far more concerned about her appearance. Even I can see that she needs a major makeover. Darcy: Lose the glasses, change the hair, get the power suits (and no, not pant suits).

She sounds intelligent and substantial. Somebody help her so that she has a fighting chance.

]]> saxfanatic http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092691 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092691 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:46:08 -0800 Comment by lori Her voice is normal, and so is everything else that some of you all are suggesting needs alteration. And you know that even if she made all those changes, people would a) still find more minute things she needs to change [that's how this game works as anyone who's ever been a teenaged girl who craves 'popularity' knows], and, at the same time, b) suggest that she's an evil, frivolous person for being so concerned about how people perceive her.

Give her a fucking break--she sounds great.

]]> lori http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092705 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092705 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:58:24 -0800 Comment by John hmmmm, voice doesn't sound off on web, but when I heard this on TV the other night, my first thought, was "My God, she sounds like the ditzy job applicant in Reichert's ad".

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092719 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092719 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:05:40 -0800 Comment by Andrew I've only met her twice, but she seems to have a speech impediment of some sort.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092733 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092733 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:18:57 -0800 Comment by Furcifer She sounds fine to me, maybe a touch adenoidal, but not especially high-pitched. However those of you accusing Savage of sexism are applying a double standard. No one called it sexist when people criticized GHW Bush's voice. (I'm not suggesting a political bias, he's just the first example that came to mind.)

]]> Furcifer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092744 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092744 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:23:48 -0800 Comment by stinkbug not totally related, but..

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/tv/372902_jeanenersen31.html


"When 24-year-old Jean Enersen went to work for KING-TV in 1968, a cameraman was so insulted to be paired with a woman, he refused to get out of the car to shoot the story they were supposed to be working on.

"I asked if he thought he'd get a better shot out of the car," she said. "Then there was the time I was told if I drank a shot of whiskey before going on air I might be able to lower my voice. Others suggested I take up smoking.""

]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092770 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092770 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:45:57 -0800 Comment by raindrop The stress of the house fire really took its toll on the Burner family. Undeterered by pressure from her family to sit this race out, she's pressing on.

]]> raindrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092797 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092797 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:23:00 -0800 Comment by max solomon she looks & sounds fine.

with her war chest, she should be able to take sheriff 20-years-to-catch-a-retard down.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092915 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092915 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:51:57 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle You mean Congressman I-almost-bankrupted-King-County-for-a-death-penalty-case-I-later-bargained-to-life Reichert?

Fiscal discipline my ass.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092924 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092924 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:56:26 -0800 Comment by Fred she will loose again ... this purse is still a sow ear

and he is all sly and silky ... League of Conservation Voters gives him 85, not bad for an R ...

house fires are horrible, but, I bet they had great insurance ... rebuild and move on

she is still house mouse, Microsoft geeky, political stripes, none

]]> Fred http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092967 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092967 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:25:22 -0800 Comment by Zelbinian Dan, for that comment, I think Darcy gets an opportunity to raise your voice UP an octave.

]]> Zelbinian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092985 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1092985 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:38:00 -0800 Comment by oneway Dan, I'm not sure it's an octave thing. But her voice certainly stood out the first time I saw the ad. I thought I heard a bit of Midwestern accent, but I'm now thinking it's merely a bit nasally.

Either way, I say go get 'em, Darcy!

]]> oneway http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1093024 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1093024 2008 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:48:01 -0800 Comment by Marty "go get em" ... with what?

sympathy for a house fire in the million dollar digs? fully insured.

think not. she is the wrong candidate in that district. and I am a firm Dem, just not star struck by Darcy ... God so trite, the kid and hubby in all ads, shit girl ...IT IS about you, hubby is not Brad Pitt, kid is very suburban typical, what is the big deal?

Get some fire, get some Obama in your stuff. Get a good speech writer.

]]> Marty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1093107 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1093107 2008 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:45:46 -0800 Comment by Dave M Darcy's voice is fine, it's a normal female voice. GOOOOOOOOOOO DARCY!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> Dave M http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1093120 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/darcy_burners_new_ad#c1093120 2008 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:55:05 -0800