Presentations: It's all in the knees

演讲:关键在于膝盖

Boss Class from The Economist

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2025-05-19

35 分钟

第 2 季 第 3 集

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Host Andrew Palmer goes to drama school for tips on how to be a better public speaker.  To listen to the full series, subscribe to Economist Podcasts+. https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus
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  • Ladies and gentlemen, director and producer Michael Bay.

  • It's 2014.

  • Michael Bay strides onto the stage.

  • How is everyone today?

  • He's famous for action films such as Armageddon and the Transformers franchise.

  • Bay is promoting a new line of Samsung TVs at a consumer electronics event in Las Vegas.

  • My job as a director is I get to dream for a living.

  • The audience is doubtless expecting some boilerplate stuff about the power of dreams and how great the new TVs are.

  • Perhaps a bit of gossip about what it's like to work with Optimus Prime.

  • Instead, they get an autocue failure.

  • Hollywood is a place that creates a viewer escape.

  • And what I try to do as a director, I try to...

  • The type is all off, sorry, but I'll just wing this.

  • Tell us what you think.

  • Yeah, we'll wing it right now.

  • I try to take people on an emotional ride.