Phil Rosenthal

So what do I mean?

There's a structure.

I talk to the camera.

And that came out of how do I, these people don't know me.

How do I get the audience to know me?

Well, what if you talk to them?

Not a genius idea, but simple and effective.

You know, remember at the beginning of Annie Hall, it starts with Woody Allen talking right to the camera?

thought that's a good way to do it so i talked to the camera hey we're going to vietnam and my my only uh experience with vietnam is apocalypse now and and the deer hunter and and platoon i don't know what to expect but people are telling me they're going to have the time of their they had the time of their life in vietnam so i'm a little nervous and then you get to vietnam and now you start seeing oh you don't have to be afraid look

People are charming, beautiful, smiling, great.

The place is lush and gorgeous.

And oh, here comes a meal.

Oh my God.

Now you have these things and it's not just food scenes of eating.

You keep cutting back to me telling you why it's great that now you have a cultural moment.

We're doing something other than just eating.

And here comes a charitable moment.

Here's a hero in the world who's helping other people.

That's beautiful.

And then at the end, they all end pretty much the same way with, first, a call home.