[andrewacove]

I find it interesting to contrast this to the requirements for the YC application video:

Please do not recite a script written beforehand. Just talk spontaneously as you would to a friend. People delivering memorized speeches (or worse still, text read off the screen) usually come off as stupid. Unless you're a good enough actor to fake spontaneity, you lose more in the stilted delivery than you gain from a more polished message.

Footnote 2 seems relevant. I'd guess that most YC application videos are also made of spolia.