Harrison Smith

Speech for the Actor

Melissa Flaim
10 December 2016
Meet the Press Analysis November 13, 2016
I decided for my Meet the Press analysis to watch what had to be one
of the most interesting episodes of the entire year, which took place after the
historic election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. Aside
from host Chuck Todd, the episode featured Trumps campaign manager,
Kelly Anne Conway, Senator Corey Booker, Nina Turner, and DNC chair
candidate, Keith Ellison. Throughout the episode, I found that both the vocal
quality and production varied greatly from person to person and the levels of
passion were astounding given the historic nature of the past week.
Host Chuck Todd opened up with an excellent segment about the
divided country we find out selves in. Chuck directly addresses the audience.
You can feel his passion through the screen as he speaks. His voice primarily
resonates off of his hard palate and from his mask which creates a strong
and full sound-perfect for a network television host tasked with speaking to
the American people after a trying week in our history. He looked directly into
the camera on numerous occasions and I could feel the passion in his voice.
He articulated very clearly throughout the entire episode.
The first guest on the program was Donald Trumps campaign
manager, Kelly Anne Conway. Kelly Annes voice is grating to listen to. She
possesses a certain nonchalance in her voice that works surprisingly well for
someone defending such a bombastic character as Mr. Trump.