Well, it’s more a lack of talent: I cannot imitate anything. I suck at imitating. And I try so hard.
This came to a realization when DR and I were walking down Carlton Street quite a few years back and I saw this man on a bicycle, back totally straight… his stance on the bike was the same as Elmira Gulch from The Wizard of Oz, so I quickly thought of humming the score from that part of the movie… and DR started to laugh because he knew what I was trying to do but also knew it was an epic fail…
Trying to imitate some of my favourite characters and their famous line from movies or tv shows? Epic fail.
Worst of all, is I can’t even imitate myself… DR has this clip of me at Disney voicing Iago the parrot from Aladdin… I’m so bad in it that it makes him laugh and laugh. I sound like Iago the chain-smoker, high on crack and drunk on Listerine. Sometimes to make him laugh I’ll re-enact that moment, and I suck the big one… another epic fail.
(yep that’s me not sounding like Iago at the beginning)
But I can bake a quiche without looking at a recipe, so I guess I have some talent… right?
Epic fails make the world go round.
It’s pretty awesome that DR can recognize and appreciate the intent of your failures though. That’s true love right there.