The "ultimate victory of form over content" is Doug Hall's ironic assessment of American political rhetoric, as demonstrated by The Speech. Posing as a politician on the platform, flanked by the American flag, Hall delivers a vapid message of empty cliches and platitudes with deadpan sincerity: "Moral strength ... Modesty ... Honesty ... Confidence." This theatrical event, a staged simulation of a stump speech, questions the meaning of language and representation in relation to power and mass media manipulation.