String and Tell with Tawny and Kristen
Voice Acting Challenge: The Mean Girls with Tawny Platis and Kristen DiMercurio
August 27, 2026 · 29 min
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Two voice actors miscast themselves in famous scenes, then make friendship bracelets for charity.
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In this episode
- Miscast voice performances of Mean Girls, Severance, The White Lotus, and more
- An honest conversation about when artists need to pivot in the age of AI
- Real talk on capitalism, talent, and how hard work competes with natural ability
- Friendship bracelets auctioned live with all proceeds going to the Transgender Law Center
About this episode
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/dOW0wi
Tawny's Freaky Little Guys Bracelet: https://ebay.io/m/8nqweU
The 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 04:16
- The Lord of the Rings as a home security commercial 05:19
- The show Severance as an evening news piece 06:34
- The White Lotus as morning news 07:45
The Talk: 10:26
Inside 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 Mace
- Talking about how in the age of AI and content creation, an artist has to know when to pivot
- Theories about child prodigies versus someone who has worked hard and practiced their skill over decades
- Acknowledging that talented people are everywhere but capitalism makes it all so competitive
- Tawny talks about her past in retail and how her mental health is much better now as an actor and content creator
- Kristen 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 haphazardly
100% of the proceeds from today's bracelet auction will benefit the Transgender Law Center
Get in touch and learn more by visiting https://platisproductions.com/stringtell/
About String and Tell with Tawny and Kristen
Voice actors Tawny Platis and Kristen DiMercurio challenge each other to voice act in deliberately miscast performances every Thursday! After the games, they chat about voice acting, art, and entertainment while they make friendship bracelets based on what they just performed.
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