Word: scripted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...night's kickoff debate. But the briefing books will soon be put aside so that they can turn their full attention to one of democracy's most important tests: delivering the "spontaneous" one-liners that could swing the election. At Bush headquarters, Roger Ailes is probably going over the script now. "Take it from the top, George. You turn to Dukakis and say, 'Governor, you call yourself a patriot, but I bet you don't even know the fourth verse of our national anthem.' " The sessions in the Dukakis camp are no doubt equally substantive. "Mike, this isn't public...
...Your Script Is Showing. The first half of the debate is apt to be as overchoreographed as a Las Vegas floor show. But as the candidates tire, their game plans will begin to unravel. "The human nature of the candidates means that they can't hold a script in their minds for more than half an hour," explains Communications Professor Kathleen Hall Jamieson, co-author of Presidential Debates. "The problem is that viewers tend to get inattentive at just the point that the debate gets revealing." Award 1 point for each answer that makes sense in the first half-hour...
...Hollywood is in a powerful position to reinforce these emerging trends by writing occasional script lines that model a new norm of social behavior," Winsten said in a prepared statement...
This February, the Club--sporting its traditional all-male cast--will perform a revised version of "Whiskey Business," written by Robert E. Corcillo '89 and Edward R. Hennessey '88. The Club turned down the original script in the final round of judging last year...
Although both Corcillo and Hennessey had been members of the Club's performing company throughout their undergraduate years, Edward K. Stimpson '89, club president, said, "who they were and what their affiliation was had nothing to do with the script...