Giving some space, just to be safe...
When doing a cooking segment with Jose Andres, the show appeared to do away
with the cooking show staple of having finished dishes ready to go. For my
viewing experience, it was one of the better cooking show segments I've seen.
I think it's because the host actually had to do some cooking. Not that I
didn't like Dave guzzling the cooking sherry behind the cook's back, but I like
watching people cook. It does make for two-segment cooking bits.
I think Colbert would be one Fallon-style accident away from being suspected of
having a drinking problem, if it weren't for Stephen's preference for
'classier' booze over whatever Jagermeister is (besides a bad idea).
Just a little further.....
These "Tooning Out The News" promos make me think I don't have to watch the
show because I've already seen the good parts. How good the good parts are is
a separate question.
FINALLY:
Stephen notes before the segment starts that it was taped two weeks ago, and
mentions nothing of Roman's recent comments. Given the state of things with
Roman and Teigen, the show could have punted this to Monday or some later date.
Maybe they've run out of banked content?
David
On Friday, May 15, 2020, 12:12:53 AM EDT, PGage <[email protected]> wrote:
Roman specifically called out CT, unprovoked by the interviewer, for selling
out by monetizing her interest in cooking (wrongly, as it turns out, since CT
has not made any profit from it, at least yet) right before asserting that she
(Roman) herself needed to monetize her interest in cooking, and having bragged
about the pending TV show that (apparently I know to her) CT was co-producing.
I don’t see much fair in that.
As for Kondo, well I’m one of the people who have never seen her show, read her
book, or felt the need to simplify my life, so I pass on her.
On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 8:34 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
I blocked Teigen years ago and I had never heard of Roman until she trended
recently. My fiancée is obsessed with Kondo (luckily I fill her with joy, so
she hasn’t tossed me... yet). My takeaway from Roman is that she thinks it is
disingenuous for personalities to write or speak about simplifying your life
(not depending on material possessions to make you happy) while at the same
time promoting/selling cheap crap with their name on it. She got blasted for
naming names. It’s a legitimate criticism, but could have been better worded...
and the people she named could’ve been a bit more diverse.
PS- Sorry, but Grumpy Skeletor is the boss of the internet
https://twitter.com/GrumpySkeletor
On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 8:22 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote:
Saw this Tweet just now:
https://twitter.com/colbertlateshow/status/1261121624083968001?s=21
About 90% of my follows on Twitter are journalists, scientists and politicians.
One of the few celebrities I follow, on Twitter and Instagram, is Chrissy
Teigen, who is the absolute boss of the internet. I had never to my memory
heard of Alison Roman until last week, when CT tweeted that she was bummed
about what some woman chef said about her in some off brand internet interview.
That led me down the rabbit hole, reading the article, Roman’s initial
aggressive restatement and defense, the overwhelming negative Twitter response
(why do people keep thinking they can come for Chrissy Teigen?) and the
inevitable apology, first half-assed, then faux-sincere. The apology phase was
particularly inevitable because, as Chrissy pointed out in her response, but
apparently Roman was not initially aware of, Teigen had signed on to be one of
the producers of a TV show Roman wanted to do.
I will be asleep before this show airs here in CA tonight, but will check it
out in the morning. Particularly interested in if Colbert interviews her, and
if so if they address this (and how could they not?). I assume that for most
people, like me, if they have heard of her at all it is because of this
episode, or if it is just a happy talk cooking segment. Would also like to know
if they booked her before the incident, or because of it.
The comments to the tweet announcing her visit give a flavor of how popular
Roman is right now. Not a great look for Colbert to look like he is trying to
rehab her. Would be interesting though if he manages to have a real
conversation, without either defending her (or trying to make her look like a
victim of internet bullying) or piling on, but exploring what her original
point was (which I still don’t understand, it seems to be something like:
“everyone who tries to monetize their cookery is a sell out late capitalist
whore, except me”). Also, whatever her point was, why did she choose to make it
by picking out of nowhere two Asian women? There aren’t enough white men in the
celebrity cooking world to go after? And is Kondo even in the same Space?
If you don’t know, but still want to know, about the bru ha ha, see Roman‘s:
https://twitter.com/fromedome/status/1258513965937614848?s=21 and following)
and Teigen’s: https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/1258904780090425344?s=21
Twitter posts. To her credit CT was pretty much one and done with it.
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