The uncut segment with Minaj is now on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8s9joL_AGfo
Colbert did a NY Times talk after last night's show and came back to Minaj many times during the interview. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 9:43 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
