Comments on: Rachel the Maddow as an Emerging Cultural Icon https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/08/rachel-the-maddow-as-an-emergi/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/08/rachel-the-maddow-as-an-emergi/#comment-529376 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:29:16 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/08/rachel-the-maddow-as-an-emergi/#comment-529376 Right. Elvis was not the first to swivel his hips, but when we speak of late 50s early 80s cultural icons, we speak of Elvis the pelvis.

Over the last wto years as Maddow went from guest to having her own show, I’ve been watching Olberman and Maddow interact, and yes, some of these things are his (she would evevn go out of her way to emphasize Olbermanerisms when subbing for him) but may are hers, and many were picked up by him over this period of time. Also, there are numerous Maddowisms that you just don’t see Keith do.

As usual, it is all an interconnected complex whole.

(Keep in mind, Maddow has been doing her stuff for quite a long time before Olberman could have known her. Maybe we can get the tapes from Holyoke or wherever she started out and see!)

]]> By: george.w https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/08/rachel-the-maddow-as-an-emergi/#comment-529375 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:10:13 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/08/rachel-the-maddow-as-an-emergi/#comment-529375 Maddow doesn’t hyperventilate like a Tennessee backwoods snake handler; Olberman does.

I predict that in the near future we will see Bill O’Reilly doing the Maddow.

O’reilly probably fantasizes about doing (the) Maddow all the time. But… ain’t gonna happen, Bill.

]]> By: Mike https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/08/rachel-the-maddow-as-an-emergi/#comment-529374 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:35:24 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/08/rachel-the-maddow-as-an-emergi/#comment-529374 no this mannerism should be called the “Olbermann” since its kieth olbermann who originated this style of reporting THEN maddow then the rest

rachel maddow should definitely not be credited for this style of reporting at all

]]> By: Jake https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/08/rachel-the-maddow-as-an-emergi/#comment-529373 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:29:41 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/08/rachel-the-maddow-as-an-emergi/#comment-529373 I don’t know if Maddow can be given all the credit, I think it might just be that she’s the first of the new generation on TV news. When I watch her speak, I see my friends, myself. She’s just got the youthful, geeky, mid-twenties to mid-thirties Anglo-North American mannerisms because that’s what she is. As my generation gets older and becomes a bigger part of the news-watching demographic, more announcers/anchors/reporters will look and sound like us, whether for marketing reasons or just because they *are* us.

]]> By: Stacy S. https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/08/rachel-the-maddow-as-an-emergi/#comment-529372 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:07:40 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/08/rachel-the-maddow-as-an-emergi/#comment-529372 I’m watching her right now. Don’t get me wrong – I like her … but… I think her mannerism’s are just like Olbermann’s. Just a different gender.

]]> By: Shaden Freud https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/08/rachel-the-maddow-as-an-emergi/#comment-529371 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:37:37 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/08/rachel-the-maddow-as-an-emergi/#comment-529371 We’ll do it live! F— it!

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