Agreed that Strong's stuff wasn't, um, strong. Some good lines, but they got lost in the terrible (lack of) rhythm she established. Setup, joke, repeat. No modulation, no structure, no personality (which was my main concern going in: she's a comic actress, but not a comic, so who the hell is she as a stand-up?). Almost none of the material was unique to her, and could have been read from the cards by anyone.
On another front, I accidentally DVR'd the CNN feed instead of C-SPAN, and so had to FF through three hours of "red carpet pre-show" nonsense. They managed to get out of the way when the president and Strong were speaking, but nobody else. Way to demonstrate the worst of the situation, CNN. On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 11:25 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > Keegan-Michael Key came out for a few minutes of the President's remarks > as Luther, the President's anger translator, that Key plays on Key and > Peele. > > As for Ms. Strong, she wasn't shy about taking shots at the press and > politicians, but they seemed to land with larger-than-normal thuds on the > audience. But that's just my impression, I could be wrong. > > The job remains as thankless as ever. I think even more than Oscar host. > > David > > -- > -- > 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. > -- -- 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.
