I thought Oliver's interview with Anita Hill mostly fell flat because the jokes didn't work. Perhaps he should have done a shorter serious interview.
Colbert's response of calling Moonves an important supporter but saying the guilty need to be held accountable was interesting. I was surprised he devoted so much time to it. Not sent from an iPhone On Jul 31, 2018, 7:28 AM, at 7:28 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >I wanted to take note of what a great job John Oliver did Sunday Night >on >this topic. He told jokes but toned down the snark. Highlight for me >was >his closing interview, in which he kept in a few segments which made >him >look less than woke. > >Interesting contrast was Colbert’s take on Moonves last night. I am not >sure what to make of it. On the one hand he gets credit for commenting >on >the situation in two segments, on the air that Monves controls and gave >him >access to. OTOH, the few jokes he told in The Monologue were mostly >about >himself and the situation he was in with his powerful boss in the >headlights, not about Les. And his attempt at Letermanesque honesty in >the >second segment felt flat to me - mostly “Sexual Harrassment is bad” >plus >“Les has been very good to me.” He did emphasize that the hammer has to >fall on guilty parties regardless if you like them or not, but he did >not >acknowledge that he seemed to be slower to drop his comedy hammer on >“his” >guy than other guys. > >I have noted that I think the court of popular opinion should await the >outcome of some credible investigation, but even so, I think if it was >the >head of any other network we would have gotten a few more pointed >jokes. >-- >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. -- 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.
