On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 12:04 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:14 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > > An apology is appropriate. Bachmann is batshit crazy, but it is impolite > to > > invite someone on your show and then call them a lying ass bitch - or, if > > you are going to do that, then do it to their face. > > I agree. An apology is appropriate. Fallon has a lot of nerve inviting > a batshit crazy woman on his show, and for that he owes his viewer an > apology. > > As for Bachmann, when she starts treating the rest of humanity with a > grain of dignity and respect, then others might be obligated to > apologize to her. Until then, fuck her if she can't take a joke. She > went on a comedically based (theoretically) talk show instead of Meet > The Press. She should have been hip enough to catch the musical > reference and slap ?uestlove in the face right there on the stage. She > was in over her head, and when Jimmy Fallon is over your head, that > says a lot about how low you really are. > I momentarily forgot about Kevin's "No Apologies" philosophy. I have to admit to also not being hip enough to recognize the song - I have never heard of it, and would not have noticed the reference if it had not been pointed out (well, also because I did not watch the show). I don't think this has anything to do with MB being able to take a joke; if Fallon had told a joke at her expense and she got pissed you would be correct, but that is not what happened. If the song had just been playful, or poked fun at some public gaffe, and she got pissed, you also would be correct. But sending out a coded "you are a lying ass bitch" message is not really a joke in any meaningful sense of the term; he might as well have done one of those "fuck you" sneeze moves into his hand after she sat down. She is a sitting member of congress, and deserves some basic respect. I don't think anyone should get fired or fined - it seems the twitter apology is just about right (finally, an actual use for twitter). Treating guests well has more to do with who we are than who are guests are. I don't know how the interview actually went - I would not object at all if Fallon welcomed her to the show, asked a little bit about her family and campaign, and then asked how such a hateful and vile person with such little understanding of the texture of the country or the complexity of the world could really expect to win even the Republican nomination, let alone the presidential election. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
