![]() Actually I’ll tell you who had a reputation as being really down-to-Earth-that would be José Mujica, of tiny Uruguay. Emmanuel Macron of France? Still probably not very down-to-earth. Any politicians come to mind as being down-to-Earth? Donald Trump? No, he’s not really a down-to-earth kind of guy quite the opposite. He’s pretty down-to-earth, right? Very in touch with the poor, with the faithful around the world. Those are the bosses that usually seem the most down-to-Earth, right? They remember what it’s like to be a worker. I love hearing stories of people who started as hourly workers and rose to become the CEO of a big company. But sometimes you meet really senior executives and you find they’re very down-to-Earth, easy to get to know, easy to talk to, easy to get along with. Like, they’re really important and they can’t really talk to or get to know the people farther down in the organization. Sometimes at work you might meet people who are very senior in your company and they might be hard to get to know. It was a little surprising that Lady Gaga could play such a down-to-Earth character, and to her credit she does it really well. ![]() Sure, she becomes a star, but she doesn’t change. She lives with her father, she works late shifts, her boss is mean to her, she’s insecure about her appearance-all things that we can relate to. Her character, Ally, is a down-to-earth character. She wore sixteen-inch heels to meet the president! This is not a person you expect to be able to convincingly play a waitress-but she does it. High heels are usually like three inches, or eight or nine centimeters. ![]() Sixteen inches is almost a foot and a half! It’s 40 centimeters. When she met Barack Obama, she was wearing sixteen-inch heels. She showed up at an awards dinner wearing a dress made of raw meat! That’s crazy. Lady Gaga has until now been nobody’s idea of a down-to-Earth character. You usually say it when you’re surprised that you can relate to, or get along with, a person so easily-especially if you think for some reason that other person won’t be easy to relate to. You would describe someone as down-to-Earth if that person is realistic and relatable. The expression I’d like to share with you today is “down to Earth.” Lady Gaga plays Ally, a down-to-earth character in A Star Is Born.
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