In real life, events seem much less dramatic.
Our free enterprise system of disseminating information is collectively referred to as The Media. But there is no collective.
I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.
The better the coverage, the more discriminating the viewer.
I don't exactly know what it means to be ready. A cake when the oven timer goes off? Am I fully baked, or only half-baked?
When for so long you can't get a job for reasons that seem specious, you you finally do have it, you are constantly afraid of losing it.