Mo Rocca eulogises musicians, actors, impersonators and concepts to great effect
WHEN AUDREY HEPBURN died in 1993, newspapers’ obituaries often mentioned the unusual lilt of her voice. Thenoted that she spoke with the “trace of a European accent”, “a hint of mischief”. Cecil Beaton, in the, described her “singsong cadence that develops into a flat drawl ending in a child-like query”: he thought it had “the quality of heartbreak”. Thesaid that “her melodic, hard-to-place accent and haunting beauty captivated audiences and helped win her the Academy Award as best actress”.
He is astute when picking those subjects. Only a podcast, for instance, could demonstrate the skill of Vaughn Meader, an impersonator of John F. Kennedy. The episode considers Meader’s rise to fame, what his career was like during the 12 months of Kennedy’s presidency, and what happened after the assassination in November 1963.
Elsewhere, Mr Rocca pursues more abstract discussions. An episode on deaths in sitcoms focuses on three types of death: the death of love for a character, a change of actor playing a character and the death of a character within the plot. Mr Rocca explores the phenomenon of “Chuck Cunningham syndrome”, whereby a character simply disappears , with Alan Sepinwall, chief television critic for.
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