Despite his standing-ovation performance in Iowa last month, he's not considered a compelling public orator.
Despite receiving a standing ovation, their performance of the song in that event was graded as a "D" in the Los Angeles Times, noting that the song is "a ballad that turned into some oddly orchestrated '80s hair metal tune.
And when the middle-aged pop idol appeared on America's Got Talent, her eerily good take on The Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses" earned her a standing ovation, that performance expanding her presence in U.S. households beyond the internet.
Greenwood and Yorke are by now used to playing huge stadiums full of thousands of adoring fans, but they seemed genuinely abashed at the whistling and stamping ovation their performances received.
I caught up with Purdy at this year's PopTech conference, where she delivered another standing ovation-garnering performance.
The film has all the elements of a strong contender: great reviews, sumptuous photography, the Oscar-winning director of "Gravity," nonactors giving ovation-inducing performances and, to top it off, insights into race, class, feminism and U.S.-Mexican relations.
Stringer answered that other guests also performed songs, and that Grégoire-Trudeau received a standing ovation for her performance.
"I've performed for 40 years outside Iran and never seen a standing ovation before the performance.
The mezzo-soprano Géraldine Chauvet won an enormous ovation for her performance in the pants role of Adriano Colonna, who is in love with Irene.
He and Mr. Dold sat in their cramped, shared dressing room, still in costume and minutes after receiving an extended ovation for their performance.
"Testament to that achievement is the standing ovation at every performance from an audience of families and friends all enjoying a great night out," she said.
