Opinion | Catherine Ramen: Why is Vanna White hosting 'Wheel of Fortune'? Actually, why hasn't she been all along? - NBCNewsTHINK
I have a minor history in television game shows, so I have some skin in this game: I appeared nine times on"Jeopardy!," including five times as a returning champion and three in tournaments.
I don't remember everything that happened during those shows, though it's not so much that everything goes by in a blur as much as that you enter a heightened state of awareness that focuses you entirely on the clues, the buzzer and why the hell the guy at podium three always gets in a microsecond before you do.
But from Trebek's soothing Canadian purr to the commanding elegance of stage director John Orlando's"Quiet, please" before tape rolled, I do remember, distinctly, that the dominant voices around me were male.Of course, behind the scenes, women have always been making names for themselves on game shows.
In front of the camera, however, it's a different matter. Perhaps it's because the qualities that one associates with a game show host — quiet confidence, leadership, an authoritative voice — are often those that a male-dominated society associates with, well, men. The idea of a woman's voice having authority is one popular culture still struggles with, from male Supreme Court justices
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