Performance of the Week - Emma Thompson

Welcome to Pink Elephant Communications - and our series where we look at interviewees and presenters who have excelled in high-pressure situations.
Here, Emma Thompson draws on a lifetime of experience to send a hard-hitting message to her audience about a culture of "extreme masculinity".
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She's honest, when she talks of her own complicity in "liberal hypocrisy" the Roman Polanski case.
She's candid about her position of privilege, helping her relate to her audience.
She's courageous, widening the actions of Weinstein out to include unnamed others in the industry.
She makes it personal, by discussing her own life, those close to her, and relating it to every man woman watching.
She has a clear Call to Action at the interview's conclusion, which we can all heed:
"Say something".
And finally, her passion, manifested in her tone and her body language, shines through from start to finish.
An excellent example of using the media proactively to highlight injustice.
Copyright belongs to BBC Newsnight 2017.