RNC’s First Night Mixed Too Many Metaphors to an Empty Room (Column)
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variety.comCaroline Framke Chief TV CriticThe bar for what a political convention might look like in the era of COVID-19 was, to say the least, low.
After months of watching Zoom squares take over our screens like a never-ending “Brady Bunch” credits sequence, it didn’t seem all that possible for a remote event spanning several days to yield halfway compelling television.
And yet, last week’s Democratic National Convention was pulled off relatively seamlessly from locations scattered across the country, mixing formats to keep each night moving along at a steady clip.
Even when it didn’t totally land, this year’s DNC more often found ways to turn the potentially disastrous necessity of broadcasting from dozens of locations into a net positive.
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