Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Oh! What do you call it when...?


So obviously today was going to be a Des'ree day. I've heard this video called "passable", and I'd like to take a wider survey.

It's black and white, with the loose yet striking shape of the female form. No props except perhaps the fingernails. And I've been trying for the last several minutes to figure out the word for it. Who's got this word? I can't think of it! (I have a suspicion that Dustin, advocate of The Art of Seduction, would know this word.)

What do you call it when...

  • you could watch someone/something with your complete attention
  • you could watch this thing at least three times through
  • the audience is enthralled
  • (this is also like a spell bards in D&D can cast)

To be fair, I just spent a very long time trying to research "Britney Spears chair dance", because when I was sixteen this video seemed like the limit of cool (and I'd originally been comparing these two videos in my mind). I don't think there's actually any comparison. Where Des'ree is cool and sufficient, Britney is, well...


Other videos that do this same thing? I think Beyonce takes what Des'ree was doing 15 years prior and loads it up with steroids and cyborg arms. Lovez.


Seriously, though? What is this word? Dustin? Seanacey? Sarah? Ooof. What is it?

1 comment:

  1. I'm sure you already crossed off "absorbing, enthralling, spellbinding, entrancing, hypnotic, mesmerizing, etc." What was the word?

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