It shouldn’t be that way, of course. For the moment, though, let’s focus on “high wire act” the idiom itself. Whenever something is described metaphorically as a high-wire act, it is a balancing act that is difficult and fraught with dangers and problems. Any small mistake may lead to big trouble or disaster.
Here are media examples:
1. Andrew Neil, who presents the live shows The Daily Politics and This Week for the BBC, says that, with experience, live is pretty easy – as long as all goes smoothly. “You earn your money when it doesn’t. I once had to open an edition of Despatch Box with the words, ‘Welcome to the programme. There’s no autocue, the studio lights are off, and none of the guests has arrived yet. Other than that, everything's going swimmingly.’”
Some people – Neil included – claim to far prefer live television to recorded. Sue Cook, late of Nationwide, Breakfast Time and Crimewatch, says live is “so much more fun. Difficult, yes, you're trying to listen and make sense with one part of your brain, and talk and make sense with another, but people do admire you for it when it hasn’t been a disaster ...”
Valerie Singleton, another legend, confesses to “absolutely adoring live. The tingle, the thrill of excitement you get when the little red light comes on. Perhaps I’m lucky because I trained as an actress; I once had to make up a whole speech in a play at Bromley Rep when someone didn’t come on. But maybe it’s not for everyone.”
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