#harryshow

This week i got to be in the audience of The Harry Show, and it was a delight! I was in the second row and had a great view of all of the filming. At one point, Harry even came up and shook my hand. He is very interactive with his audience, and you could tell that immediately, because the first segment was an “Ask Harry” type of thing, where we (the audience) was able to ask him real questions, and he gave us his very best, albeit comedic, insight. After this, there was a live performance from a 9 year old guitar player, who already plays guitar better than I ever could dream to in my entire lifetime. The show airs September 20th, so if you're in the mood for a feel good show, tune in!

Conocu is back and boy, has she got some stories for you! If you’ll journey back to last week, you might remember when my Study Tour class ventured to the Met to witness the beauty that is Rei Kawakubo’s exhibit. This week, we took on an entirely new adventure and got to be ON THE SET of The Harry Show! And yes, I do mean Harry Connick Jr., the heartthrob himself whose hand I somehow got to shake??? The experience was one of a kind, and it was also interesting because the course framed us to think about it from a fashion perspective. Harry holds such a position of power as the host of this show because he is vaguely in control of the viewer and audience experience and can, from this role, make suggestions whether intentional or subtle to the audience. For example, if he dresses a certain way and hosts guests who also dress a certain way, like the two lovely women he hosted when we were on set, this sends a message of what the audience should wear. In particular, Candice Bergen spoke about her side hobby of painting on luxury purses for people who send them in and showed pictures from her Instagram. Harry’s bringing this to the viewer’s attention encourages them to also want to buy bags and be lucky enough to have her paint adorable little animals and whatever else on then. If only I could.... maybe some day! But like I said, I probably would have just sat there feeling completely starstruck and teenage heart a-flutter if not for the course framing my experience in a fashion perspective. But who am I kidding, those things still happened anyways! Going forward, I’d like to try and speak to someone from design on a tv show set and learn more about what they do and their responsibilities in a creative role. I wish we had gotten this chance, but New York has been such an oyster full of pearls so far that I’m sure some kind of luck may be on my side. Stay tuned and maybe I’ll have an update on this when I’ll be coming at you live from New York on probably not a Saturday night. Side note: that would have made an excellent blog name....