Completely agree. I watched the segment on YouTube, and you could hear her voice almost breaking up, and see she was close to tears. Unless you simply weren’t listening or watching, I feel sure that everyone would have remained pretty much silent.
On Sun, 3 Feb 2019 at 01:25, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > For what it's worth: I was listening to the video when I "watched" it, > while handling something else. And I could hear the pain and passion in Ms > Page's voice. I think she had that room in the palm of her hand, and it was > obvious that the only response was to just listen and absorb it. > > On Fri, Feb 1, 2019, 17:49 PGage <[email protected] wrote: > >> I agree that themes throughout the conversation were serious, and would >> have prepared the audience for what came at the end (and Colbert definitely >> knows what environmental racism is, and was just doing a good job setting >> her up). But even so, I feel like Late Night Talk Show audiences almost >> invariably can’t control themselves from giggling or releasing nervous >> energy when something intense and unexpected happens. In my 30 years of >> undergraduate teaching there were only a few topics I was able to introduce >> to large lecture classes that were powerful and high impact that would >> produce real, deep, attentative silence. Almost everything else at least a >> few students would start laughing or wise-cracking to discharge the tension. >> >> It may be that EP came across so intensely in that theater that her >> seriousness and passion cut through the instinct for some to anticipate >> that there was going to be some kind of laugh-line or more comic edge to >> her critique of Trump and Pence-ism. If so, even more testament to what she >> was able to project - it is one thing to play that to cameras a few feet >> away, but quite another to blast that out to the back row and the balcony. >> >> On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 3:16 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It's hard to know not having been in the room, but I think the >>> discussion that came before about climate change and environmental racism >>> may have set the tone. >>> >>> I would assume that the environmental topics came up in whatever >>> pre-interview process the show runs as Colbert seemed to guide things in a >>> way to help inform the audience and to keep it (relatively) serious. (In >>> other words, I suspect he knew what environmental racism was and wanted the >>> audience to learn.) In that way, the tone was more consistent with a late >>> night interview with an author rather than an entertainer. >>> >>> But the mention of Smollett and the attack (which happened early Tuesday >>> morning) came up in such a way that I'm skeptical it was talked about >>> beforehand. If Colbert and his producers decided to mention Page's >>> marriage up top and feint with a short joke so that this could come up >>> later in the interview in a very personal way for Page, they're really good. >>> >>> David >>> >>> On Friday, February 1, 2019, 4:26:35 PM EST, PGage <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> It was striking, and rare in that setting to hear the studio audience so >>> silent. Even at serious moments it seems there are always those who can >>> inhibit nervous laughter. Made me wonder if either 1) they somehow deleted >>> audio from the audience feed or 2) knew this was coming and warned them to >>> keep quiet. >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 10:35 AM Steve Timko <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Lots of mentions on Twitter about Ellen Page's appearance asking for an >>> end to mistreatment of LGBTQ community. The first I saw was from the Late >>> Show executive producer. >>> >>> https://twitter.com/ChrisLicht/status/1091127095265320961?s=19 >>> >>> It was dramatic. The plea comes at the end of her appearance. >>> >>> https://youtu.be/ec12JKkrhOo >>> >>> -- >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
