The March 15 episode of documentary-news series “Axios” on HBO featured an interview with congressman James Clyburn that was notable not just for its newsiness — the South Carolina Democrat likened…
“When you’re in person, you can connect with the subject in a different way,” Swan tells. “You can use moments in a different way. What I was worried about going into the interview on Zoom was that, if I asked the uncomfortable question, as I did a number of times, they have control.” In a remote, Swan says, it’s easy for a subject to dodge questions by citing technical issues, or even just walk away.
That was in part because the coronavirus has taken over all aspects of the news cycle — and in part because the pandemic has forced changes to the production of “Axios” just as it has to the operations of so many other businesses. Sunday’s episode was devoted to almost entirely to remote interviews with Cui, Sen. Ted Cruz, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and Carnival Corp. CEO Arnold W. Donald, all discussing the response to and effects of the pandemic.
The result is a show that feels in many ways more urgent than previous installments, with the videoconferences underscoring the impact of the topic at hand.
“It seemed to us that the vast majority of people were more interested in communicating during this this very complicated, challenging time, than they were concerned about the look,” says Peltz. “We really didn’t get any pushback of note about doing these interviews in the way that we did them.”
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