Salon.com > Ann Romney speech http://www.salon.com Sat, 18 May 2013 18:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The theatrics of Ann Romney http://www.salon.com/2012/08/29/the_theatrics_of_ann_romney/ http://www.salon.com/2012/08/29/the_theatrics_of_ann_romney/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:57:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=12995536 The Republican National Convention is a strange piece of theater, a grand production meant to rally the base and simultaneously entice the undecided, to entertain all those frenzied delegates experimenting with silly hats in an enormous, ungainly arena and those watching from home, in close-up. The RNC made plain just how difficult pleasing these two groups can be during Chris Christie’s speech, as it let the background behind him hazily, lazily swirl about like some vertigo-inducing screen saver, just to ply the in-house crowd with something to look at, other than Chris Christie and his magenta tie. But when it came to playing to both crowds, Ann Romney made it look easy, catering to the room as well as the camera like a charismatic pro. She may never be first lady, but if she wants a career as a talk show host, she’s sure got her cadences down.

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