Mitch Joel at Twist Image points out that calling this “public speaking” is really a misnomer: I didn’t catch that on first viewing, but here’s a helpful screencap: Bay is already not doing well, and his body knew he was in trouble before the trouble began. Watch his leg shooting up like a teenager getting kissed as he shakes the hand of the emcee. What’s interesting is that his body language from his entrance signaled his discomfort, even before the teleprompter problem. Nick Morgan at Public Words is a body language expert and spotted something that suggested Bay was in trouble right from the start: Here are a few interesting perspectives from around the blogosphere. But live events are a far cry from recorded ones (he himself admitted, “I guess live shows are not my thing”) and rehearsal is absolutely essential. People are always surprised when show business professionals screw up a performance like at an awards show. (I would also hazard a guess that he’s the kind of person who’s big on control, and when things don’t go as expected or as he wants, he freaks.) Either he didn’t rehearse or he didn’t practice the script in advance or he didn’t take time to think about the ideas behind the words-the points he wanted to get across. Whatever happened, he clearly wasn’t prepared for the worst. These people know what they’re doing and it takes more than a skipped line to throw them.) Or perhaps it’s the TelePrompter operator’s fault.He doesn’t like public speaking and is subject to stage fright.He didn’t show up for the rehearsal or didn’t give it serious attention.The organizers didn’t plan a proper rehearsal.To Bay’s credit, he took immediate responsibility for the screw-up, saying he skipped a line on the TelePrompter and things went downhill from there.īut we don’t know exactly why it spiraled out of control so fast. Everyone’s been in that situation where things don’t go as planned and we hope we’ll have the strength to keep it together when we’re tested. There was a lot of empathy expressed (the phrase “hard to watch” came up a lot). I consume a lot of public speaking blogs and the reaction from professionals has been a good deal less voracious than from the public in general. Like everyone else, I was mortified when I saw the now-infamous video of Michael Bay melting down onstage the other day.
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