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  2. Aside - Wikipedia

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    An aside is a dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience. By convention, the audience is to realize that the character's speech is unheard by the other characters on stage. It may be addressed to the audience expressly (in character or out) or represent an unspoken thought.

  3. Dramatic convention - Wikipedia

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    Dramatic conventions are the specific actions and techniques the actor, writer or director has employed to create a desired dramatic effect or style.. A dramatic convention is a set of rules which both the audience and actors are familiar with and which act as a useful way of quickly signifying the nature of the action or of a character.

  4. A Tale of Two Cities (speech) - Wikipedia

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    A Tale of Two Cities is a speech given by New York Governor Mario Cuomo on July 16, 1984, at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, California. The captured widespread attention and was viewed by nearly 80 million people on television. The speech boosted Cuomo's reputation and he became a national leader of the democratic party.

  5. Floor fights, boos and a too-long kiss. How the dramatic and ...

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    How the dramatic and the bizarre define convention history. WILL WEISSERT. July 15, 2024 at 8:44 AM. ... and her speech at the Republican convention in St. Paul, Minnesota, was a hit, mixing the ...

  6. Monologue - Wikipedia

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    Actor Christopher Walken performing a monologue in the 1984 stage play Hurlyburly. In theatre, a monologue (from Greek: μονόλογος, from μόνος mónos, "alone, solitary" and λόγος lógos, "speech") is a speech presented by a single character, most often to express their thoughts aloud, though sometimes also to directly address another character or the audience.

  7. Trump savors convention crowd in lengthy acceptance speech - AOL

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    In the hurried 48 hours before the convention began, Trump aides not only rewrote Trump’s speech but also sent a message to other convention speakers to soften some of their remarks.

  8. Takeaways from Donald Trump's Convention Speech - AOL

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    Making his first public remarks since the shooting, Trump called for unity in his speech, a theme that has emerged throughout the convention after the violence at his rally, which took the life of ...

  9. Floor fights, boos and a too-long kiss. How the dramatic and ...

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    As he stepped on stage to deliver a speech accepting his party's 2000 presidential nomination in Los Angeles, Al Gore embraced his wife Tipper and gave her a full-mouthed kiss, hanging on much longer than usual for a display of passion in public. The crow cheered, but the kiss eventually encompassed an uncomfortable three seconds of screen time.