Friday, February 19, 2010

Tiger

A few weeks late but an apology even Michael could agree was a real one.
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6 comments:

Stephanie said...

I'm having trouble finding video of the whole thing. The part I heard included him pimping his charity activities and saying "Elin" about 50 times which all struck me as grotesquely self-serving.

February 19, 2010 at 10:31:00 AM CST
Scooter said...

http://espn.go.com/livenow/tiger/

Seems somewhat self-serving in the please take me back kinda way but mostly I think he wanted to protect her and the kiddos from the media onslaught he caused.

February 19, 2010 at 10:40:00 AM CST
Stephanie said...

The beginning section sounds like it was written by PR people -- long sentences, the charity etc. But then at some point the cadence changes and it sounds like something he might have written himself and then it's better.

February 19, 2010 at 10:44:00 AM CST
love johnson said...

Did either of you watch it?

I'll grant you that I am not a Tiger fan, so maybe that biases me in some way, but it looked SO rehearsed and SO scripted. He'd look side-to-side as he talked and then when he got to a part that was supposed be/sound sincere, he'd pause, then look straight into the camera and say whatever, then pause, then do the side-to side stuff again. I also found it very interesting that when the camera showed his Mom, she was never looking at him, even though others in the room were. It was like she was so disgusted she COULDN'T bring herself to look at him.

February 19, 2010 at 11:14:00 AM CST
Stephanie said...

Yeah, I noticed the rehearsed, choreographed quality. Didn't notice his mom.

I guess these public apologies are necessary for PR reasons, but I don't know how real they ever are or even what I mean by "real".

February 19, 2010 at 11:23:00 AM CST
Stephanie said...

Lileks on Twitter:

"Tiger Woods Presser" sounds like a bedroom move that involves thumbs and major arteries.

February 19, 2010 at 11:36:00 AM CST

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