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Take a Coffee Break with Jimmy McNulty
Carte Noire, a British coffee brand, has a new online video campaign directed smack at cubicle-dwelling, former English majors (i.e., me). Every week, a hottie actor of the Anglo persuasion reads a love scene from a new or classic novel. Here's Dominic West—Jimmy McNulty of The Wire—reading the scene from Pride and Prejudice in which Mr. Darcy declares his love for Elizabeth Bennet.
By: Nina Shen Rastogi
Posted: July 2, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Carte Noire, a British coffee brand, has a new online video campaign directed smack at cubicle-dwelling, former English majors (i.e., me). Every week, a hottie actor of the Anglo persuasion reads a love scene from a new or classic novel. Here's Dominic West—Jimmy McNulty of The Wire—reading the scene from Pride and Prejudice [1] in which Mr. Darcy declares his love for Elizabeth Bennet.
Carte Noire, a British coffee brand, has a new online video campaign directed smack at cubicle-dwelling, former English majors (i.e., me). Every week, a hottie actor of the Anglo persuasion reads a love scene from a new or classic novel. Here's Dominic West—Jimmy McNulty of The Wire—reading the scene from Pride and Prejudice [1] in which Mr. Darcy declares his love for Elizabeth Bennet.
I can't tell what I like more about this clip: the cosy, English-country-home vibe (the armchair! the books on the windowshelf!) or West's own "luxurious, velvety flavours." It's not quite up there with the Taster's Choice soap opera [2], but then, what is? Shameless, yet delicious.
Thanks to Farhad Manjoo for the tip-off!
Image is a screenshot from cartenoire.co.uk.
Links:
[1] http://www.cartenoire.co.uk/pride-and-prejudice
[2] http://www.anthonyhead.org/coffee.html