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Exactly what my comment I spent way too much time writing was trying to say. And as you say, people like Terry Gross and Oprah and Diane Sawyer and Mike Wallac
by filmgirlcw 4y ago
Exactly what my comment I spent way too much time writing was trying to say.
And as you say, people like Terry Gross and Oprah and Diane Sawyer and Mike Wallace and even Howard Stern (who is one of the best ever at interviewing) actually do research ahead of time. And the interviews are far better for it. Having an off the cuff conversation is fine. Having awareness of the person you're going to talk to, familiarity with their work and with what they are about, is even better.
Watching Oprah interview Lance Armstrong remains a master class in the art form and her ability to interview such a wide range of people about so many things is just incredible. Likewise, Terry Gross does what she does so well -- and is one of the best audio journalists of all time, that it's honestly comical for Rogan to even be in the same sentence.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 4y agoCharlie Rose was one of the GOATs as well, and the exact opposite of Rogan: you could immediately tell he'd done a super deep dive on the interviewee and the subject at hand before the interview ever started. I think Letterman has been doing some interesting stuff lately in the gray area between those extremes. He's a humble funnyman that keeps things a little loose, but you can still tell he's done some prep and is quite well-read.