[TV orNotTV] Re: So long, Albert Finney

['bermuda999' via TVorNotTV]

You gotta think that if they start playing "Danny Boy" at some point during 
the the funeral, there's gonna be a whole lot of folks diving under the 
pews or jumpin' out the windows 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgz-CKRzs-4 

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Review: "Patriot Act with Hasan Minaj" on Netflix

[Steve Timko]

He is back and opens the show with a direct broadside against Saudi Arabia.

On Wed, Jan 2, 2019, 9:13 PM Kevin M.  Semi related, inasmuch as it pertains to the state of social critics in
> Saudi Arabia, is this recent Twitter thread purportedly from someone who
> used to work on American Dad, and his encounter with a Saudi comic... now
> missing, his wife in a Saudi jail
>
> https://twitter.com/krudell/status/1080591286959132672?s=21
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 9:29 PM Steve Timko  wrote:
>
>> Netflix drops episode in Saudi Arabia critical of government for
>> journalist's murder.
>>
>>
>> https://www.npr.org/2019/01/01/681469011/netflix-drops-hasan-minhaj-episode-in-saudi-arabia-at-governments-request
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 1, 2018, 7:46 PM Steve Timko >
>>> Hah! Phineas and I agree on something. Maybe there's hope for
>>> Republicans and Democrats.
>>>
>>> .
>>> .
>>> .
>>> Nah...
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 7:24 PM PGage  wrote:
>>>
 I am not trying to put words in your mouth or pick a fight - just
 trying to understand your point. I thought you were saying his show was
 intentionally only enjoyable by South Asians and Muslims (and those who for
 some reason already were knowledgable about those cultures). THat does not
 seem plausible to me. But if all you mean is that he is hoping that South
 Asians and Muslims, who have been long ignored by US pop culture, will be
 attracted to his show in a special way, along with as many other people as
 possible, then - well, yes I’m sure that’s true.

 On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 7:14 PM Steve Timko 
 wrote:

> I never said exclusively. That's setting up a strawman to knock down.
> But it seems to be a deliberate effort to target an audience not
> addressed by other media. A south Asian addressing Arab culture seems to 
> be
> a stretch.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 3:06 PM PGage  wrote:
>
>> You really think his plan is to develop a Netflix show in the US
>> aimed exclusively at Indian, Pakistani and Bengali Muslims?
>>
>> Seems more likely he is trying to do a show that is unapologetically
>> based on his experience. Perhaps he is confident that in the same way 
>> that
>> non-white, non-Christian Americans are expected to acquaint themselves 
>> with
>> elements of WASP culture to consume many products of US Pop culture, 
>> white
>> Christians (at least young ones) will be motivated to do the same.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 7:16 AM Steve Timko 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Chris Rock does not make jokes so obscure you need to Google it to
>>> understand it. Clearly this is a calculated effort on Minaj's part.
>>>
>>> Not sent from an iPhone
>>> On Nov 1, 2018, at 5:43 AM, PGage  wrote:

 Chris Rock is not really targeting an African-American audience.

 On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 9:42 PM Steve Timko < steveti...@gmail.com>
 wrote:

> Two episodes of Hasan Minaj’s “Patriot Act” have dropped. Although
> he’s a fairly recent defector from “The Daily Show,” it most closely
> resembles John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight.” But Minaj seems to be
> targeting south Asians and Muslims with the show. Also, targeting an
> especially young audience.
> In the first episode. Minaj spends the whole episode talking about
> affirmative action. In the second episode, he talks mostly about Saudi
> Arabia before switching topics, finally closing with a taped bit that 
> has
> kids dropping F bombs.
> They attempt a different look with the show. The audience is close
> to the stage. But in the first episode especially, they sound like a 
> laugh
> track. In the second episode he calls attention to all the brown 
> faces in
> the crowd.
> The other issue is instead of a green screen or a large TV monitor
> behind him, they build a wall of a monitors, Minaj calls it a wall of
> iPads. They seem to be working out the kinks. Letterman’s new Netflix 
> shows
> were plagued with odd camera angles and cuts for the first few 
> episodes.
> “Patriot Act” caught the same bug. There’s odd profile shots that 
> almost
> seem to be shooting him from behind. In the Saudia Arabia 
> presentation, the
> monitor goes dark, Minaj walks to his spot and then the photo of MBS 
> fades
> in behind Minaj. Somehow it looked too rehearsed and lacked impact.
>
> [image: minajmbs.jpg]
>
>  The director is Richard A. Preuss. IMDB lists some impressive
> credits. I think he needs to smooth it out. Conan O’Brien had a rough 
> start
> and it took months for him to figure it out.
> A bigger problem is that Minaj doesn’t seem t

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: HGTV buys Brady Bunch house

['Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV]

Kevin M., to moi, Jan 23rd this year:
>
> I thought that had always been the plan. I remember seeing interviews with 
> the Brady kids stating as much 
>
> The other day they let Natalie and the Today show watch 'em work... 'toob 
 (link)

B

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