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Our TV critic assesses Night 1 and its ‘decibel champion,’ Kimberly Guilfoyle. Our TV critic assesses Night 1 and its ‘decibel champion,’ Kimberly Guilfoyle.
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Broadcasting so much of the Republican National Convention from a real location, the “imperious” backdrop of the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, was an attempt to send a message to pandemic-stricken America that “things aren’t bad — well, they’re not that bad,” The Times’s chief television critic, James Poniewozik, wrote.Broadcasting so much of the Republican National Convention from a real location, the “imperious” backdrop of the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, was an attempt to send a message to pandemic-stricken America that “things aren’t bad — well, they’re not that bad,” The Times’s chief television critic, James Poniewozik, wrote.
But he added that “the first night of the R.N.C. also took place in a virtual space: the political augmented reality of President Trump.” Here is an excerpt from his assessment of the first night, where, he wrote, most of the lineup “either spoke to the Trumpist id, with its red-meat culture-war overtures, or to Mr. Trump’s own ego.”But he added that “the first night of the R.N.C. also took place in a virtual space: the political augmented reality of President Trump.” Here is an excerpt from his assessment of the first night, where, he wrote, most of the lineup “either spoke to the Trumpist id, with its red-meat culture-war overtures, or to Mr. Trump’s own ego.”
Speaker after speaker launched into attacks and grievances steeped in the language of conservative culture and meme-making. Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida denounced the “woketopians.” Natalie Harp, a cancer survivor, likened Mr. Trump to George Bailey of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” a character who famously battled a greedy real estate developer.
Other speakers insisted that Mr. Trump had a hidden caring side, or suggested, like the party’s chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel, that a “tough” man like Mr. Trump could get more done than “nice guy” Mr. Biden. Donald Trump Jr., his tone jittery, called Mr. Biden “basically the Loch Ness Monster of the swamp.”
But the decibel champion of the night was Kimberly Guilfoyle, the former Fox News host whose delivery threatened to Make America Deaf Again. In a tinnitus-tempting, five-alarm blare, she warned about enemies who “want to enslave you to the weak, dependent, liberal, victim ideology, to the point that you will not recognize this country or yourself.” The speech might have been better delivered to a roaring rally crowd, or maybe at an altar in front of an exploding volcano.