dead air

But the film’s scattershot writing leaves its punchlines hitting dead air before falling smack against the floor.

Instead, the backing track squawked for a second and then dead air filled the room, with nary a patriotic chord to be heard.

For decades, people have been screaming into dead air about acknowledging the hurt and mistreatment of Indigenous people in Hollywood.

The entire commentary shines with a very knowledgeable director explaining his craft and his motivations with only a few areas of dead air.

Why do the people who manage Dodger Stadium feel that every single second of dead air has to be filled with loud music, sound effects and electronic whizbang?