Actors Provide Laughs with Dramatic Readings of Yelp Reviews

Online review sites like Yelp can be really helpful, but one always has to remember to take it from the source. I remember reading one that gave a hotel a poor review because the lobby chairs weren't comfortable and the hotel TV didn't have the writer's favorite channel.

Online review sites like Yelp can be really helpful, but one always has to remember to take it from the source.  I remember reading one that gave a hotel a poor review because the lobby chairs weren’t comfortable and the hotel TV didn’t have the writer’s favorite channel.  As such, many reviews need to be taken with a grain of salt: like the old joke, people will complain about how food at a restaurant will taste poorly and also that the portions were too small.

So I got a real kick out of this video: actor Chris Kipiniak, who has appeared on TV’s The Good Wife and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, does a dramatic reading of a one-star Yelp review of the Stratford Diner in New Jersey by a writer named ‘Dalia B.’  The woman enjoyed her meal but seems particularly disappointed that her compliments were not taken seriously (of course, Kipiniak’s reading in a hurt, befuddled voice makes it that much more sensitive!)

On the other end of the spectrum, Kipiniak’s video was followed by a video by fellow Good Wife actress Theresa Plummer of a dramatic reading of a four-star Yelp review, this time of Tamarind of London in California by user Nathan A.  Nathan’s review has a rather unorthodox focus on the impact the food had on his bowel movements despite its high rating.

This appears to be a continuing series, so go to JoePlummer’s YouTube channel to check out Real Actors Read Yelp Reviews.  As I detailed in my opening, I doubt there will be any shortage of laughable material.

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