Perhaps the most extraordinary element about the incredible success of the videos Tre Welch shoots with his mother, Lorenda Welch, and her best friend, Shelly Cleveland, is how unextraordinary they are.
There's no slick editing or post-production effects. Rarely are they overdubbed with pop music (unless the trio is dancing). Mostly, scripting seems to be nonexistent.
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