George Lazenby, Celebrity Tweet o’ the Day
Congratulations, George.
re:
Marlee Matlin sells cellphones by the sea shore?
Now you’ve gone and done it.
subtext: Marlee Matlin is deaf. That is a phone. George is a really, really old guy and tetchy Australian and possibly a fake Twitter account (it’s awfully witty for a model/actor). They are both famous for having done one big movie, and have been successfully coasting ever since, more power to them. Lazenby was so bad as James Bond that the phrase “The George Lazenby of Whatever” has gone down in history; it’s roughly equivalent to “The Cousin Oliver of Whatever.” And it looks like someone needs to tell George that 21st Century cellphones come with keypads, and that hearing-impaired people are using them for millions of things besides listening to casting agents and phone sex operators. And that they can be touchy, too.
George Lazenby, you are hereby declared the George Lazenby of Twitter.
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I’m posting this comment for someone who would rather not sign in, but has something to say:
From ScribeCalledSteff:
I’m emailing you comments on @GeorgeLazenby because I’d rather not join the site just to comment, and felt like making a point for Mr. Lazenby.
Born with severe hearing impairment, I get by in modern harried life often at the mercy of technology, even though I have half my hearing, unlike @MarleeMatlin.
Texting? I love, love, love it. I don’t have to worry I’ve misheard someone, nothing’s gonna drown my phone call out.
I’m 36, & for the first time in my life, technology is now transforming my hearing-impaired life. When I cycle, a grey strange tech-looking square necklace dangles around my neck — that’s a Bluetooth device that sends my iPod’s music straight into my hearing aids. Pretty wicked. “Hearing” friends are jealous as hell.
If Mr. Lazenby were to have his way, the visually-impaired would probably be out of the running for smartphones too.
Tech is making me more “able.”
Judging from the freedom-laced smile @MarleeMatlin’s beaming in that ad, well, she apparently shares my sentiment.
Think bigger, George. You can do it.
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I have to point out that Lazenby portrayed Bond only once, not because “he was so bad” but rather his agent convinced him that James Bond would be archaic in the 1970s so he walked away from a seven film deal. His performance apparently generated mixed reviews, so he isn’t universally regarded as “bad”, just someone who made a really, really bad career move.
Maybe his agent could talk to him about Twitter?
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