On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Truly, we represent the spectrum of opinion. I fast-forwarded after 20 > seconds of Miley Cyrus (though I did un-FF when Rudolph joined her), and > found the Jiminy Glick segment intolerable (hey, Larry David, pick an > attitude and stick with it). While I liked the concepts of the opening film > with Tom Hanks and the Civil War letters sketch, I found the executions of > each demonstrated that nobody knows how to write fully developed sketches > anymore. > I set my expectations for a show airing for its first time and was neither delightfully surprised nor disappointed. I don't detect any chemistry or shared sensibility between Maya and Marty and that keeps the show from building any energy. They might find a way to work off each other in sketches, but if not then there will be Marty sketches (the kids' talent show) and Maya sketches (Goodnight Moon) with nothing to bridge them. Musical acts on a new variety show are tricky - it has to be somebody known to the public but not provocative or marginalizing. I thought Miley Cyrus did that as well as could be done. The only thing that bothered me was that the audience was prepped like for a late night talk show: lots of screaming, laughter, and applause and not always at the right time. There were people screaming through Savion Glover's tap dance and I found that distracting. Let him perform and show appreciation afterward. -- -- 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.
