On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 10:37 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > Am I alone in thinking Shales a bit too connected with SNL (via his book) to > provide an effective criticism of the program?
I am going to say no to that because when a writer takes on a project that size, he or she usually develops relationships with the subjects and has followup conversations (casually, not professionally) to get a sense of how things are changing since the book was written. Shales seems to be more disconnected from the show - he described what he saw on the screen but he could not give any insight as to why things were happening, like why Meyers continues to host Weekend Update or previous recurring sketches or characters did not appear. Instead I would say that Shales is locked in to what SNL was in the period he wrote his book and the sum of his criticism is asking why the program of this season is not more like the program of those seasons. -- 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
