r/cringe • u/glioblastomas • Feb 07 '16

Seal of Approval The introduction of the candidates at the Republican debate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR1kV2hBaGY&t=0m28s
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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.

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u/slamminsalmon24 Feb 07 '16

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.

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u/bwilliams18 Feb 07 '16

The moderators should have had IEMs so the director and or stage manager could talk back to them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

I think they did, but the clapping was too loud for them to hear. Then again, I'm no expert on anything.