Apologies - that was a typo. Agreed about Monae. I am a bigger fan of hers than Minaj, but enjoyed Minaj’s panel more.
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 2:08 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 10:06 AM PGage <[email protected]> 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. >> > > First a correction: TLLS is the Late Late Show with James Corden. Since > you didn't mention Colbert until near the end the show you were talking > about got confusing. You should use TLS or TLSwSC instead. > > I watched the Nicky Minaj segment on YouTube and it's interesting to > contrast it with Janelle Monae who was on TLS a couple of weeks ago. Monae > also has a new album out and she wanted to talk seriously about her art and > the values behind it. It came off a bit dry but I thought that's okay - > Dave would have had either on as a musical act but would not have been > eager to give either panel time. > > I gather that it was in the pre-interview that it became clear that Minaj > was a fan of the show and wanted to play rather than just talk about her > album. She and Colbert certainly found chemistry. > > -- > 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.
