In this interview David Letterman is interviewing Lindsey
Lohan on her role in the film Scary Movie 5 and other aspects of her life, such
as the public’s view of her and rehab.
Letterman starts off by announcing the film and when it is out, and then his guest,
Lohan herself. The first thing he says to her is “You look great” which shows
him immediately trying to get her on his side.
After this they exchange a few jokes together, and you can tell that they are
natural with each other. He asks a few open questions which Lindsey doesn’t
really elaborate much on so he goes for the more jokey approach…
The jokes clearly help the tension in the air and Lohan is more open to answering his style of questioning properly. For instance, some of the questions he uses are:
- Do you routinely go around grabbing stuff?
- Aren't you supposed to be in rehab now?
These can be classed as open questions as they are open for the interviewee to discuss and explain what they want.
David Letterman then also wants to hear facts off of her, so uses closed questions to get these answers quickly. Questions include:
- And how long will you be in rehab?
- How many times have you been in rehab?
- What are they going to work on when you walk through the door?
You can see that Lindsey is relucant to talk about her stints in rehab, so the subject is changed momentatily whilst the pair carry on easily joking wih each other. She reads his que sheets, and then decides to take on the role of host herself, answering questions she has seen.
You can also tell that they feel comfortable aound one another because of their easy, relaxed body language. The pair sit back and the talking comes naturally.
Over half way through the interview Letterman finally gets around to discussing the actual promational reason she is on the show where they talk about fellow cast members and what they were like to work with. Everytime Lindey mentioned something Letterman thought could be interesting, he questionned her on it - for instance - when Lindsey says "everyones so funny" (talking about Charlie Sheen), David replies "Did Charlie off to give you some money?" which is complteply unrelated, however makes for a good story.
Towards the end of the interview, David Letterman praises Lohan on her bravery, giving the audience an emotional reaction that they will enjoy seeing from a celebrity.
They then show a clip of the film that she will be starring in to get back on track with the promotional part of the interview.
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