I am also not the audience for this. Fienberg weighs in. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/who-is-america-review-1127051
On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 6:10 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > Or, in my mind, who is the audience for this? > > It sure isn't me. I've never been a fan of either Cohen or the school of > "let's embarrass someone" humor. I just don't get it. I got through twenty > minutes before hitting the "delete" button. > > The point seems to be for Cohen to provoke people far enough that they'll > say or do things as outrageous as what he's doing, but the first three > guests (as far as I got) were all very agreeable and polite, especially the > second couple -- Trump supporters who took Cohen's stories of toilet > training his children and his wife's sexual relationship with a dolphin > with sympathy. The "worst" it got was Bernie Sanders telling one character > (an Alex Jones type who uses a mobility device) that he wasn't making sense > and the owner of an art gallery who reacted quite calmly (and with > interest) to another character's (a British ex-con) artwork that used his > own bodily emissions and extrusions (it's doubtful that he used actual > fecal and ejaculatory substances). He provoked her into donating some pubic > hair, but she seemed to have made the first move happily. > > Overall, I didn't get it, but I suppose it'll hold some appeal for those > who want to see Dick Cheney or Princess Dumbass of the Woods say something > they wouldn't under the usual circumstances. > > I am not in their number. > > --Dave Sikula > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
