Once again Google Groups users are getting two threads combined. Anyone know what the issue could be this time?
[image: google_groups.JPG] <about:invalid#zClosurez> On Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at 10:06:18 AM UTC-4, PGage wrote: > > More and more I find myself switching off TLLS episodes on my DVR after > the Monologue/s, or maybe a third of the way through the first interview, > especially if the first guest is just a celebrity. Last night’s show was an > exception. > > Nicki Minaj just killed it in her segment. Not just that I found her > hilarious (though I did) - but she was able to deliver the persona and > schtick that is her calling card in an organic and smart way. Most often on > talk shows a celebrity guest with a well defined, sharp persona either > tries to stay with their character and comes across as forced and hack, or > they act kind of like sophisticated Jerry Lewis (the least likable form of > Jerry Lewis) and try to convince us that they are nothing like their > persona. Minaj delivered what I assume must have been pre-planned bits in a > spontaneous and effective way, showing how her performing persona is an > elaboration of who she is. I have never been a huge fan of her act, but she > started to win me over last night. > > She is not the only one of course - I suppose we could make a list of the > best reliable celebrity guests on late night talk shows (e.g. Steve Martin, > Martin Short, Amy Sedaris, just to name three of my favorite from the > Letterman era), but such a list is only meaningful in the context of how > horrible most guests are. I liked Dave enough to suffer through all but the > worst guests (three I always clicked off of: “Dr. Phil”, Martha Stewart, > Donald Trump); I like Colbert enough, but not enough to stay with even half > of his typical celebrity guests. Fortunately, more than most, he often has > journalists and politicians and other substantive guests of note. > -- > 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.
