Leave it to Vice. Recent news has focused on the Russian Orthodox church, which is pushing to return ownership over Alaska to Russia. Their motives stem from recent homosexual activities in the state and country. It is the same church that lashed out at the Pussy Riot performance in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Despite the contradicting intolerance of both gays and the unruly kittens, Alina Khametova and Camille Standen conducted a tight, professional interview and ignored the obscurities within the answers.
One of the many flaws that dangles from my reporting notebook is my interviewing skills. I do close to everything wrong. I frequently say um, interrupt most responses and fail to pay attention to them if I make it that far. The little reporting I have done has been with likable and knowledgeable individuals who are what I have come to consider "interview friendly." How the two ladies managed to stick to their agenda, gain information and not verbally assault the man they spoke with is fantastic. What is most impressive is not their ability to interview such a narrow minded individual but do so with a nonchalant yet smart ass tone that shouts in disapproval. They write for their readers. In the midst of the church's leader's plan the interviewer simply responds "That's nice, I suppose." It is their way of poking fun at the response without criticizing it.
The authors of the article do not take the Russian Orthodox church's actions very serious. It is hard to. What I like, is their way of shining a funny light on something some people actually take quite serious. It is all a way of putting a Vice look of the world.
No comments:
Post a Comment