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October 02, 2004
JOHN WAYNE'S LESSON
Have a look at the face that launched a thousand slings and arrows. Ain't it purty? (Scroll to photo.) It's a reaction shot of the prevaricatin' prez at the first debate in his real-life role as an Alfred E. Newman lookalike. He appears not to have been separated at birth.
John Wayne, talking about his movie career with Peter Bogdanovich," once said "a reaction [shot] is the most valuable thing you can have on a picture." Reaction shots "build your part. They always say I'm in action pictures, but it's in reaction pictures that they remember me."
Karl Rove & Co. "shoulda took a lesson" from Wayne when they prepped their candidate. Roughly 62.5 million people watched the debate Thursday night, a third more than the nearly 47 million people who watched the first debate four years ago. Good news for John Kerry, presuming his positive notices will translate into votes.
Posted by at October 2, 2004 11:52 AM
