I also will not even be sampling this (though I am prepared if necessary to defend Candid Camera at length in some other thread). This show is so unnecessary- we have actual Trump supporters, regular people and high ranking government officials, already endorsing absurd and hateful views. This kind of show makes fun of people while making them look worse than they probably are, which allows public people to be taken more seriously and pretend they are less horrible than they are.
On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 4:32 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > The premise is basically “Candid Camera” but with semi-famous celebs and > politicians being pranked. When I was a kid we rented one of those “best > of” VHS compilations of Allan Funt. Whomever does the pranking, and > whomever the subject of the pranking, the premise runs out of steam in > about an hour. Cohen, like Candid Camera or Punk’d, has been doing the same > thing for so long, it cannot possibly hold any appeal except to those who > watch specifically to see his prank victims made out to be the fools they > are. Not needing evidence that people like Sarah Palin are fools, I have no > desire to watch. > > On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 7:24 AM Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > 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. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- 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.
