Less than 90 seconds into “Wilmore” I realized much I missed Larry Wilmore from talk TV. Probably almost as much as Jon Stewart. I like his smart humor and his take on life. He is another one of the talented people to come out of the “Daily Show” correspondents crew.
I knew his first show was put out last Friday. I went to Hulu and searched for it, but nothing came up. Only a 2018 movie with Wilmore. Then it dawned on me. It's on Peacock, idiot. Not Hulu. I'm losing track of all the streaming services. So I called it up. Wilmore has a great monologue. No holds barred. He refers to Trump as a mfer. Remember at the correspondent's dinner where he referred to Obama as “my n!@@er?” He showed that the word could be used with affection. On his Peacock show, he refers to Trump as “this n!@@er.” It is meant to be as disparaging as possible. Technically, its hard to defend its use here, but I think the people most prone to complain won't argue. The show has a minimalist look. There's Wilmore center stage on a mostly empty stage. There's two screens, one behind and one to his right. A staple of talk shows is to have video of people being discussed. “Wilmore” has none of that. Just a static picture and Wilmore talking. It gives it a low-budget type of vibe. His first interview is Cori Bush, a Ferguson protester who got the Democratic nomination for a House seat. The Bush interview was not low-budget. It appears it was shot in a studio with a green screen and a cheapo Zoom background used on the green screen. This was not a streamed interview. If it wasn't done in the studio it was done with a microwave truck or with some short professional mobile broadcast gear. The image was great and the sound was perfect. With the second guest, Megan Rapinoe, the sound and audio quality degraded. Not that it wasn’t watchable, but it was obviously being streamed. There was one odd moment during the intro where the left side of Wilmore’s face was lit. It’s almost like they used something from a rehearsal. He finished with a funny sketch with Amber Ruffin, whose own Peacock show is starting soon. They evaluated whether people during the riots were looters or were taking reparations. I think he said he has eight shows total from Peacock. I have no idea how the public receives it. But I like it. -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yxy1KHFgY0VitajiPnFg1WG1Ygyaiv8eNCG7V1s6FZzQA%40mail.gmail.com.
