TT&MON: A STUDY GUIDE:
Review
- Cindy Crawford is not wearing a scalloped tank top in the House of Style footage. That would be the edge of her bra peeking out, thus giving
the illusion of scalopedness. Also, note that young Zachary was a rather inopportune (or maybe it was very opportune, depending on your perspective) height at the time of this taping. Should he have
accidentally tripped and fallen forward onto Miss Crawford, his face would have gone
you guessed it.
- Isaac is seen at one point wearing a jacket that can be found in the Spring 1997 edition of the Delia's catalog.
- Languages/dialects used by Hanson in the video : English, Japanese, redneck, psueudo-Indian, Mel Gibson.
- Cameo Appearances : Walker, Diana's back, Mack, Jessica, Avery, Ravi, Scott the Bass Player, a girl at an amusement park, a scary vocal coach man with a naked picture of Madonna on his wall,
a burly bald body guard, Cindy Crawford, a couple of fruity photographers, an Italian DJ, Tamara Davis, a blonde English girl in bootcut jeans who everybody hates, several thousand scantily clad
New Yorkers and Taylor's earlobes.
- Number of supermodel poses Taylor strikes while in the "Monkey Forrest" : 3
- Number of Japanese girls holding "I love Isaac" signs : 1
- Number of spring rolls that Taylor is "checking out" : 4
- Number of men dressed as women in the video : 1 (2 if you count the Delia's jacket)
- Number of girls who probably had to buy slightly toxic solvents to get the permanent marker off their skin : 65
Critical Thinking
- The video establishes that there are indeed Chilis restaurants in Indonesia. Do you think they serve the Awesome Blossom?
- In the concert sequence filmed at New York's Beacon Theater, members of the audience are shown wearing a wide variety of
small, moderately translucent white tank tops. Based upon your observations, which kind of undergarments would be the most conducive
to this kind of attire?
- In one shot, Isaac is seen on the balcony of a hotel in Taipei. Urban legend has it that
there is a bobby pin in his hair, just above his right ear. Do you agree or disagree with this urban legend? Why?
- Based on the "mock fight" Hanson stages toward the end of the video, what assumptions can be made about the relationship between the brothers? Do you think they
will be friends in 10 years? 20?
- In one country, Hanson are seen watching some sort of ceremonial event involving the changing of the guard at a temple.
Do you think Taylor Hanson was breaking a more of that society by chewing gum at this event in an almost horse-like manner?
- Based on visual evidence, whose legs do you think are shown in the car on the way to the Monkey Forrest? What could possibly
account for their unusual hairlessness?
- Zachary is seen in various interview sequences with a large cold sore on his upper lip. Name six methods of preventing cold sores.
- At one point, Scott the Bass player is shown wearing a traditional black dog Martha's Vineyard (Maahthiz Vinyid) t-shirt. Write a short
essay, using that as evidence, in which you successfully argue that because of it, Taylor Hanson will eventually move to Boston and marry Laura.
- Why is it an unwise decision to throw water on Isaac when he's holding a guitar that's plugged into an amplifier with 12,000 watts of electrical power churning through it? After considering this, research the
properties of rubber, the primary material in the soles of Dr. Marten's and Vans footwear.
*Extra credit : Write a fiction story from Isaac's point of view called "How the Soles Saved My Soul." Consider Isaac's probable feelings at the time, and the reactions of the stage crew as well.
Activity
Locate a Tulsa snow globe. Measure the distances between objects in the globe and compare those measurements to the actual distances between these landmarks in real life.
Visit Tulsa and take your measurements with a piece of rope cut to the length of 30ft.
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