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In which Alice asks me if we can make a YouTube video and I of course say yes.
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Good morning Hank, it's Tuesday. Today we will be playing Dress to Impress with my daughter Alice. This is her favourite video game. Alice, tell me the conceit of Dress to Impress.
Alice: You dress up
John: Yeah. To impress?
Alice: Yes.
John: Your fellow voters
Alice: Yeah. To--and then you, people like, uh, vote you and then whoever gets the most stars wins.
John: Yeah.
Alice: And when you're walking down the runway you usually do, like, a pose like this.
John: Show me a cool pose...oh that's good...oh yeah, oh yeah. What's the theme?
Both: Mean girl.
Alice: What if we're Regina George?
John: Okay, do it. Can you make yourself Regina George?
Alice: Probably
John: All right, we're Regina George-ing it.
Alice: Yeah.
John: So that is, that is the main character from Mean Girls? The main Mean Girl. The titular Mean Girl.
Alice: Yeah.
John:: Okay.
Alice: I thought, like um...
John: I don't remember what Regina George's hair looks like, at all
Alice: I don't--I--it's like, simple
John: Okay.
Alice: Kind of like, maybe that.
John: Yeah. But blonder.
Alice: Oh yeah
John: Okay, cool.
Alice: I remember what Regina George looks like in both.
John: Both, the movie and the broadway play?
Alice: Yeah. And the musical.
John: Great musical. We saw it on the West End, in London.
Alice: We did? Oh yeah, we did!
John: Yes!
Alice: I forgot about that.
John: Alright, we only have five minutes here, don't spend too much time on the eyes, Alice.
Alice: Okay
John: I'm starting to panic.
Alice: Rolling their eyes, maybe?
John: Yeah. Would she roll her eyes?
Alice: Definitely.
John: Those are very blue, goodness. Okay, brown is better, I agree. They look kind of like-- that looks like when mom rolls her eyes at me. Wow, she looks really good. So, is the point of this game to try to like, experiment with fashion and everything without having to buy a ton of makeup or like, buy a ton of clothes?
Alice: What?!
John: We're making a Youtube video! It's gonna be a huge hit!
(02:00) to (04:00)
John: Okay.
Alice: Oh, I don't know what lips I should use.
John: Great. Great. Now, I think the main thing is the outfit, right? Like-
Alice: Yeah.
John: The makeup is just the preliminary look
Alice: Like to look... popular, and stuff, maybe like we would- she'd wear some skinny jeans? Cause like that's kinda like-
John: Okay.
Alice: Cause uhh Mean Girls was like 2000s,
John: Yeah?
Alice: So...
John: Skinny jeans were in?
Alice: Actually, I know what- She wears this in... No, does she? I don't know, but maybe like a sweatsuit?
John: Okay. I'm into a sweatsuit.
Alice: Like, okay so... I'm trying to find... Yeah.
John: Very fashionable sweatsuit. That looks expensive.
Alice: Yes.
John: Yes. Yes! That looks so much like Regina George! What's it say on her butt?
Alice: I don't know...
John: Goodness gracious.
Alice: Yeah...
John: Alright, we need, we definitely need some accessories. Because this isn't enough of a look.
Alice: Yeah, I know. Definitely.
John: Okay.
Alice: So...
John: Now why do you keep going through that... that um...
Alice: So this is VIP, which-
John: Why- Why are you in VIP?
Alice: See I was about to say this. Like the purpose is to try clothes without like having to try buy so much clothes, but you kinda do, cause like-
John: You do have to pay for VIP?
Alice: Yeah.
John: Did you pay for that with your own money?
Alice: Yeah.
John: How much was it? Tell me the truth.
Alice: Okay so... uh... seven hundred and ninety-nine Robux is VIP.
John: Kay.
Alice: And...
John: What's the going cost of a Robuck in USD?
Alice: I don't... I forget, I don't know.
John: That's how they get you, Alice. Is that they make a currency that isn't a real currency and you forget how much it costs.
Alice: Well maybe(?~3:55)
John: I don't know. I'm not an expert.
Alice: Well me either.
(04:00) to (06:00)
Alice: Well,
John: It's true, you've never been a mean girl. But get that cool purse!
Alice: This purse?
John: Yeah. That's cool. I think that's communicating "mean."
Alice: I'm forgetting...
John: Is that a tiara?
Alice: It's a seashell tiara.
John: Okay, that doesn't look good. You know better than I do what's a good look.
Alice: Nails?
John: Yeah.
Alice: Where is it...?
John: What're you looking for?
Alice: Uh, shoes. Any shoes.
John: Any shoes?
Alice: Probably boots.
John: Right under here. Shoes.
Alice: Oh. Maybe these? But shorter? Oh, they don't have shorter. Well maybe...
John: Do they come in non-black?
Alice: Yeah, you can change the color of anything.
John: Okay. That's cool.
Alice: Mhm.
John: Alright, so, what else-
Alice: Maybe... I want shoes like here.
John: I feel like you need glasses, or some kind of...
Alice: Glasses?
John: Or something on your head, like uh...
Alice: Headband?
John: Like a babushka?
Alice: ...Okay.
John: Or maybe the uh... these earmuffs? Am I crazy to think earmuffs?
Alice: Yeah.
John: Okay. Well you're better than I am at this game, that's for sure.
Alice: Maybe like...
John: Maybe a fancy hat. Like over here.
Alice: We have twenty-six seconds.
John: Shoot. Panic! at the Disco.
Alice: Uh... I'm using a black headband.
John: Okay.
Alice: And then we're gonna grab these shoes, not these shoes-
John: Okay.
Alice: These shoes.
John: In pink, please.
Alice: Yes. Pink.
John: Six, five, four-
Alice: Okay.
John: Three... Okay, that's our look. That's our look! And we're happy with it. Right?
Alice: Yeah.
John: Okay. That doesn't seem mean to me-
Alice: It's a little mean.
John: It seems dressy... Okay, give it, you rate it.
Alice: I think that's a two. Like it just seems like-
John: Not adequately mean?