I never said exclusively. That's setting up a strawman to knock down. But it seems to be a deliberate effort to target an audience not addressed by other media. A south Asian addressing Arab culture seems to be a stretch.
On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 3:06 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > You really think his plan is to develop a Netflix show in the US aimed > exclusively at Indian, Pakistani and Bengali Muslims? > > Seems more likely he is trying to do a show that is unapologetically based > on his experience. Perhaps he is confident that in the same way that > non-white, non-Christian Americans are expected to acquaint themselves with > elements of WASP culture to consume many products of US Pop culture, white > Christians (at least young ones) will be motivated to do the same. > > On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 7:16 AM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Chris Rock does not make jokes so obscure you need to Google it to >> understand it. Clearly this is a calculated effort on Minaj's part. >> >> Not sent from an iPhone >> On Nov 1, 2018, at 5:43 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Chris Rock is not really targeting an African-American audience. >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 9:42 PM Steve Timko < [email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Two episodes of Hasan Minaj’s “Patriot Act” have dropped. Although he’s >>>> a fairly recent defector from “The Daily Show,” it most closely resembles >>>> John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight.” But Minaj seems to be targeting south >>>> Asians and Muslims with the show. Also, targeting an especially young >>>> audience. >>>> In the first episode. Minaj spends the whole episode talking about >>>> affirmative action. In the second episode, he talks mostly about Saudi >>>> Arabia before switching topics, finally closing with a taped bit that has >>>> kids dropping F bombs. >>>> They attempt a different look with the show. The audience is close to >>>> the stage. But in the first episode especially, they sound like a laugh >>>> track. In the second episode he calls attention to all the brown faces in >>>> the crowd. >>>> The other issue is instead of a green screen or a large TV monitor >>>> behind him, they build a wall of a monitors, Minaj calls it a wall of >>>> iPads. They seem to be working out the kinks. Letterman’s new Netflix shows >>>> were plagued with odd camera angles and cuts for the first few episodes. >>>> “Patriot Act” caught the same bug. There’s odd profile shots that almost >>>> seem to be shooting him from behind. In the Saudia Arabia presentation, the >>>> monitor goes dark, Minaj walks to his spot and then the photo of MBS fades >>>> in behind Minaj. Somehow it looked too rehearsed and lacked impact. >>>> >>>> [image: minajmbs.jpg] >>>> >>>> The director is Richard A. Preuss. IMDB lists some impressive credits. >>>> I think he needs to smooth it out. Conan O’Brien had a rough start and it >>>> took months for him to figure it out. >>>> A bigger problem is that Minaj doesn’t seem to have the charisma or >>>> comic stamina or something to carry a whole half hour. Sometimes his jokes >>>> seem good but he steps on the punchline. It makes your appreciate a John >>>> Oliver, Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert, who can keep up the pace for a full >>>> half hour. The latter two benefit from commercial breaks. >>>> Minaj is also making references to south Asian and Muslim cultural >>>> items. Like some kind of test I guess Indian kids take, and some sort of >>>> toiletry tactic he feels is superior to toilet paper alone and to Saudis >>>> not owning dogs. He notes the Saudis have invested heavily in Wag.com, the >>>> dog-walking web site, and said Saudis don’t own dogs. I did a mental search >>>> of the four Arab families I know. Two own dogs. One, in fact, own a dog as >>>> a substitute for falconry, a sport they are too poor to pursue. (The dogs >>>> point and flush and they shoot). On the other hand, of the south Asian >>>> families I know, none own any pets. >>>> New episodes drop weekly. Out of the chute Minaj’s show doesn’t seem to >>>> be as solid as Michelle Wolf’s, but perhaps targeting a different audience >>>> will make it more desirable to Netflix. I will watch one or two more, but I >>>> don’t seem to be in the target audience. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> > -- > 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. 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