Agreed - I liked his Musk, and to a somewhat lesser extent, Bush interviews.
On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 7:49 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > I agree that the interviews are where the show needs the most work. > Arguably interviews are the biggest change from TCR to LSwSC. There's no > longer a strong character POV to guide an interview, so they are starting > from scratch. While they're starting from scratch with everything, they've > been working on most of the rest of the show during the summer. > > Sadly, I think some of the better stuff in Tuesday's interviews was put > online. However, I do think the Elon Musk interview on Wednesday was a > place where Colbert could - and did - let his flag fly (how freaky his flag > is I can't quite say). > > David > > ------------------------------ > *From:* PGage <[email protected]> > *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, September 10, 2015 8:59 PM > *Subject:* Re: Re: [TV orNotTV] (No Spoilers) - Late Show overage as > advertised > > So far what I enjoy the least is his celebrity interviews (and they were > perfectly likable celebs - what am I going to do when the second lead from > Criminal Minds is on?). For me, that is the place where my expectations for > Colbert crash disappointingly into the reality of this format. He seems > rushed and over-adrenalized - which he sometimes was on TCR, but there he > always seemed to have a point or a goal or a thru-line. So far here he just > seems like "gee whiz". I don't expect a take down of Clooney or ScoJo, but > I don't really want just pointless ass kissing either. Both of those stars > actually have some substantive things that could be talked about for 5 > minutes. This is where I suspect the evil influence of Jimmy Fallon - > Colbert seems a little worried the audience will think he is too serious or > narrow, and he has to show he can be as flufly as Fallon. He is much better > when he lets his nerd freak flag fly. > > > -- > > -- > -- > 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.
