THIRD NIGHT

Another smart mix of regular folks and well-known folks, with many more moving moments. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS! Obama's speech was powerful and more explicitly dire than any he's ever given. Kamala's was her best, but the setting was dumb. One of the best things about this virtual convention is the intimacy the zoom format creates, people speaking directly to the camera in real locations, living rooms, offices, outside before landmarks etc. So putting Harris on a vast stage with no other human and an audience of a handful of people, like a still photographer at work, made every wide shot emphasize the emptiness. Bad television. But otherwise a great show, including the musical numbers.