Tuesday, June 28, 2005

BarBri: The Movie

Typically, they give us live lecturers each morning to tell us jokes and point out the "yellow magic marker moments." Today, we got our first video, a lovely fellow from Duquesne who apparently specializes in Pennsylvania constitutional law. Seems like a bit of a niche market, but, well, okay.

Anyway, the video was sort of Blairwitch Project-esque, as if someone was videotaping while running in place, or through the woods.

"State constitutional law (bobble, bobble, bobble) can be broader (bobble) than the corresponding (jiggle, jiggle) federal ..." And then, his head would disappear from the screen for awhile. Or it might appear at a tilt.

The sound correspondingly worked and didn't work. Sometimes, it was like listening to someone talk underwater. Think Finding Nemo meets Paper Chase. And just when my mind was wandering, it would come back, booming and clear, to startle me into re-focusing.

Now, this was all amusing and entertaining, though I think I'd be pretty bitter if all I got were a bunch of videos like this. I mean, at $2,500/head, you'd think that BarBri might invest in some quality videography. Or at least a tripod.
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