Olivia Colman reads a letter responding to an unsolicited penis photograph
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- In June 2016, British writer Sarah-Louise Jordan became the latest in an impossibly long line of women to be sent, without so much as a warning, an unsolicited photograph of a penis belonging to a romantic stranger. Thankfully for us, Sarah-Louise chose to respond by letter.
At Letters Live at Women of the World Festival, Southbank Centre in March 2020, Olivia Colman joined us to read this letter.
A telephonist, working in a library was once asked where to find a book about penis enlargement and without a moment’s hesitation she replied, “That’s in Myths and Legends.”
What a fabulous quip. Love it
😂😂😂
Love it
That’s right, I forgot male body image is treated as a joke, no wonder there are so many male suicides.
@@poinky8 If you had time to forget about it, then I would suggest it does not happen too often. Body image, I hope, is not the main cause of suicide among males. I am glad you said males, because they can hardly be called men.. if that is their reason.
Also, while there are surgical ways to enlarge a penis, no other methods have been proven to work as far as I know.
Finally, this video was about a man, that thought so highly of his penis, that he tried letting the penis do the talking for him, which did not go too well.. and such, setting the tone for these comments.
Someone sent one of these to my boss (who is female). She responded with, "you should have that wart checked out."
😂😂😂
😅 Medical advice can be lifesaving!
I remember seeing a Pinterest post of texts in which a woman responded to an unsolicited d!ck pic by asking if that's a child's penis; of course sender responded NO! Woman responded that it looks like a child's penis, and showed a form for reporting the sending of pictures of children's genitalia to the Feds. I do like the idea of scaring the living 💩 out of those who choose to send UDPs, and Sarah-Louise's response is hilarious and brilliant, too.
This Most excellent letter was meant to be read out loud by Ms. Olivia Colman and her charming savagery. Pure poetry. Chef’s kiss
Olivia is the supreme example of getting away with anything as long as you smile when you say it.
Archetypal British middle class
Good point!
Completely and utterly missing the point!
The very best part of the whole performance was the expression of delight and glee on Ms. Colman's face....
The Blackadder rule still applies:
"Poetry first, sausage later."
😂😂😂😂
When my best friend was 12 and was confronted by a man exposing himself said “ don’t you think you could find a better way to get attention?”
Brave! Love it! I would have been terrified!
Letters Live is the greatest discovery I've made this year!
Delightful. I will never, *never* understand how anatomical photos have somehow become the coin of the romantic realm...
They aren’t really, it’s just that your garden variety exhibitionist also have internet. Before they only stod around in parks
The brightly helpful tone of her reading is just perfect.
I always remember my mother in law telling me about an incident that happened to her on her way home from evening classes. It was dark and a man called to her from his wound down car window, being wary and thinking he was lost, she gingerly made her way over to help, as she looked inside the window, he opened his coat and there was his penis in few view, without hesitation, she said ' you should put that away as it's cold and you might get a chill, then just walked on by to her home. She had me in stitches. I'm sure I wouldn't have been as calm as that.
My sister laughed loudly at the guy who flashed her around 1980. I can only hope it still eats at his self-esteem today.
The same happened to me when I was a student nurse. My reply was ' put it away, I've seen far better than that one up in the hospital '.
You've got to love the very classy way that the writer of the letter handled that situation. Olivia, of course, is amazing and her comedic touch as light as always! Thank you for this series!
It was AI I'll bet
1:31 - I died! Her comedy timing is impeccable. Olivia Coleman is gold and Sarah Louise is clearly a comedy genius 🤣🤣
this is *BRILLIANT* = well written Sarah Louise Jordan, and perfectly read by Olivia Colman
The deadpan delivery from the one and only Ms. Olivia Colman had me rolling, it was so brilliant. 🤣😅🤣 They couldn't have chose a more perfect person to read this. 👏👏
It's a shame she avidly supports Meghan and Harry. I lost any respect for her when she started moaning about how awfully they'd been treated 🙄
@@vmm5163 you can still appreciate her without liking everything about her
Chosen... 😅
And how "he or it " didn't get the desired reaction... striving to impress ( I imagine)but instead caused a good laugh with the help of Olivia Colman!
Beyond fabulous. The universe was showing off when Olivia was made.
This so made me laugh.
What a lovely compliment: the universe was showing off when ... was made!
A beautiful voice and clarity of delivery added immensely to the humour.
Oh, this is solid gold. Love Ms. Colman more every time she opens her mouth and Ms. Sarah-Louise Jordan is a brilliant mind.
Sly wit followed by me cracking up! Brilliantly funny and so well enunciated! I just found these a few days ago, and they are delightful. Olivia Colman's delivery was spot on!
If I still had Tinder my new bio would read: Genitals are not an acceptable conversation opener.
Sarah-Louise Jordan really said: “Imma destroy this whole man’s career.”
(And we’re grateful for it because the articulate savagery is [chef’s kiss])
Except we have no idea who "this man" is, and _her_ whole career (according to the internet) seems to consist of having written this letter.
@@RFC-3514 #knowyourmemes
@@RFC-3514 There's another world out there besides what you watch on the Cartoon Network (although she has lent her voice to animation along with her MANY acting credits).
She is an English actress. Known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, three British Academy Television Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.
@@LazyIRanch - I have literally never watched anything on Cartoon Network.
And you seem very, *very* confused, if you think Sarah-Louise Jordan has ever won an Academy Award.
Makes me remember the time someone dismissed a flasher by saying it "looks like a man's penis, only smaller."
My favourite from an unimpressed elderly lady "I've seen better crawl out of a cabbage". 😀
Great name…nods to Karen.
Favorite cartoon.
Man flashing two women.
One woman says "Oh! I almost forgot, we need cocktail onions and canned Vienna sausages...."
Put it away, I've got a better one at home.
My sister once swept by a flasher saying, "You can put it away, my good man. I've seen *far* better".
You can’t but not love this women!! She is just amazing.
Stealing “charming savagery.” With your permission of course.
@@MsShellectable me too
Don’t you just want to spend a night in the pub with Sarah Louise? Brilliant letter, brilliantly read.
The fabulousness of Ms. Olivia Colman cannot be denied!!!
Such a message should have been sent as a postcard, a wide open, easily read postcard.
Can Letters Live please bring out a book collection of all these letters, I'd totally buy a copy! 😍
Fell in love with this woman on Broadchurch. What a treasure.
I absolutely adore Olivia Colman.What a fabulous reading! But she's always so much fun to listen to.
Olivia Colman and Sara Louise, you have my heart.
Love LOVE Olivia!! She could read a description of paint drying and make it awesome... ♥
CRYING. Olivia Coleman's smiling delivery is pure genius.
Crazy as it sounds, there are ladies on instagram who actually rate such photographs and provide public analysis.
For a small fee, they accept such photos and then provide constructive feedback.
I myself don’t have a willie to use such services, heard it from one of these ladies I an interview with a stand up comedian.
Here you are, a new profession of our days. 😅
The best of British humor. The best of British voice 👌
Spoken with charm and eloquence. Loved and laughed every minute of it.
Oh my stars this is absolutely fantastic!! Olivia Coleman really was The best person ever to read this out... But my true favourite bit was "Attached to a bigger dick than itself", absolutely awesome 😂😂😂
I lost respect for Olivia when she started supporting Meghan and Harry. I thought she had brains but seems not 🙄
@@vmm5163 Aww... did this response to your submission not go as hoped, dearie?
@@vmm5163 She was supporting anti-bullying, as should we all - whoever the person and whatever the context.
this comprehension guide sounds amazing and so helpful. Did this gent send a thank you for the correspondence course? This truly seems an exciting offer that could not come at a more convenient time. What savings!
Olivia and Sarah Louise are brilliant. The person who wrote the video description is not. Describing the sender of the unsolicited photo as romantic misses the point. It’s just harassment. I don’t believe that any man really thinks that sending a photo of his penis to a woman he hasn’t met is going to result in a date.
I think you credit these kinds of men with a little too much coherent thinking.
A man who has watched too much pornography may brainwash himself into believing he has something special to offer a woman. A man does not do his best thinking while aroused, quite the contrary.
I think you're absolutely correct to say it is just harassment. Society should view it this way.
@@waylanddavick9459 There is in fact nothing sexual or romantic about sexual harassment...it is about trying to get power over another human being..it is purely an aggressive act.
I think that you are confused because you are trying to reduce the complex problem of sexual harassment to a single factor.
In cases of rape, the majority of cases do resolve to being rooted in a will to power. That is well researched and I've read scientific articles which discuss this.
In cases of lewd imagery - specifically unsolicited nudes - I haven't seen any research that indicates there is no sexual or romantic intent driving the behavior. I can't see how your hypothesis can be correct in all cases.
Do you have a link to a well-researched psychological article on the subject or are you just writing what you think is factual?
Speak for yourself. I quite like getting those pictures. I think they are amusing, bold and clearly communicate what they guy is after (at least in that particular moment.) I suppose women like you would think I'm a "slut" for enjoying that, but I hardly care. So, he opens with a dick pic. Fine. What happens next? Is he someone I would want a one-night stand with? Does his horniness subside and move in the direction of a real conversation?
Honey, a photograph on its own is not "harassment." Please. Real harassment is when you say no or ask someone to stop doing something and they persist and persist. If you really feel "harassed" by a photograph (dick or not), you might want to evaluate why you feel so easily threatened.
@@waylanddavick9459 I once read an article about people who had actually had research done into exactly why some men send unsolicited dick picks to women, what their motivations were, and what they hoped to get out of it.
It came down to two main categories. The first category was men who did it for the hope for reciprocation. In their mind, they thought, they would enjoy seeing pictures of a woman's genitals, so it must go to reason that a woman would feel the same about receiving pictures of a man's genitals. So by taking the initiative and offering his up first, their hope that the woman would respond in kind and send him hers. The article went on to explain that this strategy did actually have a bit more success with gay men, but not so much with women.
The second category of men who did this were ones who got a thrill from the act itself. That is, they had no expectation or even intention of impressing the woman or receiving any form of reciprocation. He knows she doesn't want it. He just gets off on knowing she'd seen it. In this case it is straight-up-harassment with the intent to harass.
I need a transcript of this so I can send it whenever applicable 😆😁
Can we please locate this pamphlet in the US? Especially for our Congressmen.
Omg It’s Queen Olivia Colman reading a letter! We love to hear it 🔥
She does read it so well
Olivia is a walking, talking font of joy for those who follow her work.
Olivia is a gift!!
If you don't adore Ms. Coleman, the problem is with you, not her.
I never share vid links, but I might share this one to any future unsolicited senders...
She is brilliant.
As always Olivia delights us, what a fantastic letter..
And Bravo Sarah, what a brilliant witty, polite, and hilarious letter.
My Mum had a rapier wit and when she was in later years, probably about her 50's 60's she was flashed at..
Her retort made me howl with laughter.. '..I didn't know they made them that small..' (he scuttled off).
I like to think I inherited a bit of her wit, as a barmaid I too was flashed at, by a groom-to-be on his stage night...
So I said '.. Aww never mind at least on your Wedding Night there'll be two of you looking for it, do you need a pair of tweezers??' (his mates took the p*ss out of him all night.)
Thanks Olivia and Sarah for the chuckles..
Best wishes, and giggles, from Wales.
This women is a treasure.
Olivia smashes another reading! Well done!
God damn, I love Olivia Coleman
I just love Olivia Coleman! Her looks and her voice - perfection!
Olivia Colman, National treasure!
That was delightful. Olivia Coleman made that delightful. 👏👏👏🌻🌻🌻
Anthony Weiner has a lot of persistence, I'll give him that.
Hey - it got him a reply from Olivia Colman in a public forum, so I guess he's doing something right if his goal is to get attention.
I do find it utterly baffling why apparently a lot of guys do this. I've never heard a single woman say they appreciated it. I guess these are the kinds of guy who figure they know what women 'really want'...
Sheer, savage, brilliance - as only the Brits can deliver it! 💯
Olivia Coleman read it perfectly
Brilliant in every way !
ah, a short letter for a short subject.
Love this letter and Olivia!
This never gets old. 😂
Brilliant! Absolutely Brilliant!
Love it. And so helpful too.
Clicked because I loved her in HeartStopper , stayed for the savagery
Lol Her timing is perfect! 😂
I love Olivia Coleman!
I am sapiosexual, and this is the exact kind of response I give in these unfortunate moments, though not as cleverly delivered. Brilliant!
I was arriving on a train in Italy and texted my ride. Some trains in Italy are Trenitalia... auto correct had me arriving on genitalia at 3pm. :D
This is the best responses to the unsolicited “dick pic”!!! I must try to think of new and better ways to respond to those while me and my friends the same type of pic. It’s not going to be the same without this woman’s accent tho 😂❤
Sarah-Louise is a rockstar.
Kindness. Loving this! amazing
Olivia Colman is my spirit animal.
I'll be stealing this verbatim when the need arises
The snark is marvelous!
When it comes to the English language, you have to be British to achieve such mastery.
That was truly beautiful.
Olivia is the best
Thanks for answering
That's the last time I send her any photographs!
Simply hysterical 😂😂😂😂who said the British are stuffy??? 😅😅😅😅
Brilliance!
Perfect response. 👌
Simply brilliant‼️✨👏😊
wicked funny! genius letter, a brilliant retort to unwanted penis photography.
To a man it absolutely is a perfectly fine conversation opener, and when men think women work the same as us, it just makes sense.
In Australia "How's it hanging?" is a well know greeting.
Men never think they may be contravening the trades description act by short measure.
Olivia Colman is amazing!
Was just complaining about dick pics and wondering why men think women could be interested in talking to the one eyed snake which spends nearly it's entire life in darkness...🤔🤨
Thanks for the great letter!😂❤
I love it. That's a fantastic response.
Brilliant❣️
Ai at its absolute best!
Bloody brilliant 👏
Priceless.
Hilarious.....loved it....sharing!
Just brilliant
Too funny!
She is the best …