The format is snappier, the tone meets the moment, and speakers can’t go over their time.
Host Tracee Ellis Ross introduces former U.S. President Bill Clinton during the virtual convention on August 18, 2020.I’ll admit I was dreading the prospect of watching this year’s “virtual” Democratic National Convention. For one thing, after more than five months of everything from work meetings to happy hours to baby showers moving online, the idea of two more hours of staring into a screen at people staring back out was pretty unappealing.
This year, the Democratic convention has what it’s always badly needed: an editor. The broadcast has moved along at a healthy clip—I was shocked that Bernie Sanders was speaking so early on Monday night until I looked at a clock and saw it was already 10:30 p.m. No one is droning on and milking applause. The format even kept Bill Clinton, the most
The lack of a live crowd saps some of the emotional drama—we’re unlikely to get an iconic, electrifying moment like Barack Obama’s 2004 speech this year. The tag-teamed “keynote” delivered by Democratic rising stars on Tuesday didn’t quite rise to that level, even if Stacey Abrams managed to pull it together at the end.
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