On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 8:30 PM, David Lynch <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 8:43 AM Bob Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Aasif Mandvi at a LinkedIn conference reiterated what many are >> thinking... does Twitter have to be *that* significant, even years after >> any given thing said there? TheWrap >> <http://www.thewrap.com/trevor-noah-defended-by-daily-show-star-aasif-mandvi-controversy-much-ado-about-nothing/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mailchimp> >> (link) >> >> > I can't defend some of the jokes, but the entire thing to me had the > feeling of someone (or multiple someones) specifically looking for > something controversial because outrage is the only thing that gets > anyone's attention these days and I'm not sure that I like that. > > This also feels like one of the early rounds of some friction that I've > seen predicted for quite some time, between the internet native > generation's attitudes that social media posts are communications in and of > a moment and not necessarily meant for posterity and the established > feeling that anything that gets committed to writing, photo, or video under > your name sticks with you for all eternity. Something is going to have to > give there, but I don't know what will give or what norms will be once that > happens. > > There are two ways to evaluate a person's character, by their words and by their actions. I stopped watching Daily Show a while back and have not seen him on-air, and I know nothing of him personally. Maybe he is extremely kind to women and Jewish people in his personal life, and if that can be demonstrated, good for him. His words are troublesome for a number of reasons, least of which is he is set to inherit a series that has served as a mouthpiece for a large chunk of popular culture. Maybe both Noah and Comedy Central envision the new iteration of the series to be more bombastic, more along the lines of an insult comic reflecting on people in the news. His Tweets would certainly indicate he'd be good at something like that. But to those hoping for the sort of playful jabs and comedic insight they've come to expect from the Daily Show crew, Noah's words are not encouraging. His actions might tell a different story. We are all waiting to see. But while we wait, all we have are Noah's words. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- 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/d/optout.
