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EPISODE · Aug 27, 2026 · 29 MIN

Voice Acting Challenge: The Mean Girls with Tawny Platis and Kristen DiMercurio

from String and Tell · host Tawny Platis

Voice actors Tawny Platis and Kristen DiMercurio challenge each other to voice act in deliberately miscast performances every Thursday!And this week, they’re inspired by movie and tv mean girls After the games, they chat about voice acting, art, and entertainment while they make friendship bracelets based on what they just performed.The bracelets are then auctioned to viewers with 100% of sales going to a nonprofit of the week. This week’s nonprofit is the Transgender Law Center.Get Tawny and Kristen’s friendship bracelets here:Kristen's Mint, Alien & Gay Lil Strawberry Bracelet: https://ebay.io/m/dOW0wiTawny's Freaky Little Guys Bracelet: https://ebay.io/m/8nqweUThe Games:Mean Girls as an old Hollywood movie 00:39 The Lion King as an estate planning commercial 03:04  Announce Homelander from The Boys as the winner for the award: Most Demented Character In TV History 04:16The Lord of the Rings as a home security commercial 05:19The show Severance as an evening news piece 06:34The White Lotus as morning news 07:45The Talk: 10:26Inside The Episode:Kristen and Tawny reflect on their original passions of being theatre girlies, but unfortunately theatre doesn’t pay the bills.What the difference is between a Morning Star and a MaceTalking about how in the age of AI and content creation, an artist has to know when to pivotTheories about child prodigies versus someone who has worked hard and practiced their skill over decadesAcknowledging that talented people are everywhere but capitalism makes it all so competitiveTawny talks about her past in retail and how her mental health is much better now as an actor and content creatorKristen shares about her experience working in food service during college and how it led to anxious apologies in her sleep!They use their goofy mood to create friendship bracelets of freaky little guys and gay little strawberries, despite Kristen swinging her bracelet around haphazardly100% of the proceeds from today's bracelet auction will benefit the Transgender Law CenterGet in touch and learn more by visiting https://platisproductions.com/stringtell/

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