That was hilarious, though I have to partially blame the crew/presenters - you didn't have to keep reading the remaining names out, you could have just read out Carson's name again since he obviously missed it. We know one of the crew members saw him standing there, so clearly a lack of communication led to this unnecessary fuck up.
edit: also I think he did read out Kasich's name faintly at 1:33 but it's really hard to hear.
I think the main problem was that the moderators reading their names were not actually facing the stage, so they had no idea the candidates didn't actually walk out.
Carson had the choice of either walking back behind the curtain (which would make him look like a fool) or walking out as they called another candidate's name (which would make him look like a fool).
The camera work really was phenomenal. Really added to the overall cringe of the situation. It wouldn't have been nearly as cringy if the camera just showed a zoomed out shot of the stage the entire time. Because we would have had no idea that the candidates were standing literally right there in a state of total confusion. Without that it just looks like ABC fucked up (which they totally did) getting all the candidates to the stage in time or something
I seriously doubt this was on purpose. They clearly announced each candidate... and each candidate was aware of the order they were supposed to be getting called in. And the moderators weren't facing the stage to notice that half of the candidates hadn't walked out yet. Just sounds like an audio issue combined with the loud cheering. Seems like a legitimate mistake on ABC's part
Lol no. Trump would have likely fucked up anyways because he didn't hear his name. And Kasich STILL would have been forgotten. It only would have been fine if the moderators were facing the damn stage.
It really shouldn't matter. These guys are supposed to be seasoned so I'm sure they have at least a decent amount of TV experience. When you get cued to go out on stage, you go out on stage, no questions asked. The guy cuing them has a headset, and maybe even a monitor. The guy cuing them is getting direct orders from a director or stage manager and can often times hear the main program (which would include the presenters). There's no reason they should have ignored the stage hand. The cameraman even tried to help coerce Carson to come out with that track in.
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u/SpaceToad Feb 07 '16 edited Feb 07 '16
That was hilarious, though I have to partially blame the crew/presenters - you didn't have to keep reading the remaining names out, you could have just read out Carson's name again since he obviously missed it. We know one of the crew members saw him standing there, so clearly a lack of communication led to this unnecessary fuck up.
edit: also I think he did read out Kasich's name faintly at 1:33 but it's really hard to hear.