If this was "American Idol, " Randy Jackson would say Ms. Davis sang with passion but that she was a little pitchy.

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But this promises interaction at scale, American Idol-level engagement for content just slightly more important than whether someone was pitchy or not.

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What Phillips as Abigail Van Buren delivered was down-to-earth advice that was pitchy, punchy, sometimes witty, but always rooted in doing what she perceived as best for those who wrote to her.

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's life, her vocal was pitchy throughout.

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