# Mary Trump's appearance **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 18, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-trumps-appearance/915629 "2020-07-18T01:04:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-trumps-appearance/915629/21 "2020-07-19T21:19:26Z")
“Even a clock that doesn’t run, …” etc etc. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-trumps-appearance/915629/22 "2020-07-19T21:34:18Z")
I’m going to go out on a limb and say the Maddow interview was, like the ABC News interview I saw, filmed weeks ago and shown the other day, while the Cuomo interview was filmed days ago or maybe even the day it aired. I plan to read the book, but in the ABC interview, her speech…was…so…slow, I almost nodded off. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-trumps-appearance/915629/23 "2020-07-19T21:39:28Z")
I have a flat vocal sound. Mine is not affected. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-trumps-appearance/915629/24 "2020-07-19T22:09:49Z")
She was on the Rachel Maddow Show a few days ago (and that interview was her highest-rated program, ever, and will be rerun this evening) and she’s not the best interviewee, but then again, she never expected to be placed in this position. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-trumps-appearance/915629/25 "2020-07-20T01:44:27Z")
I saw the Cuomo interview, and just went back and found video of the Maddow interview. Looks like two different people. [![](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/8rkjqghu21ewq6i/MaryTrump.jpg?dl=0) ](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/8rkjqghu21ewq6i/MaryTrump.jpg?dl=0) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-trumps-appearance/915629/26 "2020-07-20T01:50:01Z")
I imagine studio lighting is going to be different that home lighting. And she’s wearing glasses. ---
**Author:** ![Newtosite](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/newtosite/32/8623_2.png) [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-trumps-appearance/915629/27 "2020-07-20T07:51:48Z")
CookingWithGas, thanks for posting those pix! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-trumps-appearance/915629/28 "2020-07-20T08:49:12Z")
Web cams, phone cams, etc. frequently have smoothing filters on by default these days. Makes people look… plasticy. The right-hand picture definitely has something like that going on (not to mention the lighting tone). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-trumps-appearance/915629/29 "2020-07-20T08:49:51Z")
Her face kinda creeps me out. She looks scared. I’m uneasy for her. ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-trumps-appearance/915629/30 "2020-07-20T11:10:34Z")
That was a bad combination of wardrobe and framing on Maddow. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-trumps-appearance/915629/31 "2020-07-20T11:15:09Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > he looks scared. > I’m uneasy for her. She did not come across that way at all in the CNN interview I watched. She was very much at ease, confident, and conversational. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-trumps-appearance/915629/32 "2020-07-20T16:41:44Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > I saw the Cuomo interview, and just went back and found video of the Maddow interview. Looks like two different people. > > [Dropbox - MaryTrump.jpg - Simplify your life](https://www.dropbox.com/s/8rkjqghu21ewq6i/MaryTrump.jpg?dl=0) Looks virtually the same to me, with slight differences in lighting. The lighter-looking hair tends to make a woman look slightly younger. It appears that she’s lost weight - possibly due to the facial shadowing differences. Her body shape appears slimmer, too, but that could also be the outfit in the picture. Maybe she wears the same glasses that Clark Kent wears. But I don’t see a lot of difference. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-trumps-appearance/915629.md?page=1)