Hell, *I* was uncomfortable about the neckline on Alice Eve's dress, though at the time I didn't (consciously?) pick up on how uncomfortable she may have been. I guess Hollywood fashion laws made it impossible for her to re-wear the black dress she wore when speaking with Jimmy Kimmel.
That was the only part of that episode I saw live. I will catch the full show over the holiday weekend, and may have thoughts on the audience reaction to Notaro's segments later. I am reminded of another notable bit on Conan, where she managed to milk laughs out of scooting a stool across the stage to ridiculous lengths. David >________________________________ > From: Kevin M. <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 10:09 PM >Subject: [TV orNotTV] Tig Natoro on Conan > > >Not sure if anyone else saw this segment, wedged between Ed Helms and >Alice Eve a few nights ago. I became a Tig fan after hearing her "I >have cancer" stand up set last year. For those who didn't see her >segment on Conan, which featured a few minutes at the desk and a >remote piece she shot around Hollywood, well, it bombed. And I don't >mean it met with mixed reaction; the audience stopped just short of >booing her. And the reason I think they stopped short was the entire >segment was centered around jokes about her double mastectomy, and >booing cancer survivors just isn't socially allowed. The audience was >uncomfortable, apprehensive, uncertain whether they ought to be >offended, and just plain didn't get it. I've heard people define "alt >comedy" as "comedy where nobody laughs," and if that is the case, this >was a good example of it. And I say all this as a fan. I actually >liked the segment and I took it to be a woman wanting people to see >that in the right light, anything can be turned into a joke. But this >specific audience was not with her at all. Anyone who remembers the >unfunny final season of Murphy Brown, that's the level of audience >rejection I'm talking about here. That said, the concept of a woman >calling attention to her flat chest for comedy could be something that >gets built upon. > >Perhaps the most surreal part of the show was the entrance of Alice >Eve as the next guest. Never before have I seen a woman so >uncomfortable about the gaping neckline on her skin-tight dress, >revealing breasts that obviously had not been removed (note to Trek >fans: this is not your father's Carol Marcus). In my mind I pictured >her backstage, begging the wardrobe department to find a bulky sweater >for her to wear before finally saying "fuck it" and going on with the >show. > >http://teamcoco.com/video/full-episode-tues-5-21-ed-helms-alice-eve-and-the-cast-of-workaholics > > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
