One of the best monologues ever on SNL was Louis CK. And look how that turned out for him. It wasn't epic but I wouldn't say he tanked. There were unexpected twists. I'd give him a solid B.
On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 4:15 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not really a fan, but my critique was more charitable than yours. I > thought he was nervous, which is not a good look on a comic of his type. I > thought his white women material was pretty strong, though not different > nor better than what you would see on Black Twitter on any given night. His > strongest line was when he said white women, having benefited from all the > shit white men have done over the centuries, should “stand here next to me” > and take their share of the reckoning. > > What made the set weak in my eyes was two things: 1) he never really owned > the shit that white guys like him have done and 2) he used his articulation > of the various low level complaints of many Black people (getting the short > month for BHM, Pride month being in the summer) to claim moral high ground > for his cranky old straight white guy bashing of women and LGBTQs. > > In the end though I think you (Kevin) are right that it read like a comic > workshopping promising material. OTOH, that is better than the average SNL > monologue, so, not sure it is worthy of special complaint. > > On Sun, 11 Oct 2020 at 2:41 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 12:26 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Bill Burr hosting is intriguing >>> >> >> Wow. He tanked the monologue. I mean even taking into account that there >> were fewer people in the studio, he tanked. It’s like he used 8H to work >> out new material. And the material didn’t land... at all. >> >> https://youtu.be/O1xgXJ5_Q34 >> >> >> >>> On Fri, Oct 2, 2020 at 10:05 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Alec Baldwin, not confirmed as Don, and before the debate and >>>> diagnoses, compares him to Norman Bates... >>>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/alec-baldwin-says-trump-is-like-norman-bates >>>> (link) >>>> >>>> B >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> >>>> 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/febd6dbc-fcfb-4ea2-9b88-a1c8c06066f6n%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/febd6dbc-fcfb-4ea2-9b88-a1c8c06066f6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> 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/CAKgmY4BnOKt%2Bz%2BE0v1_a6HsSzN0%3D2K59_UqSPmy6hLEjf54mUw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BnOKt%2Bz%2BE0v1_a6HsSzN0%3D2K59_UqSPmy6hLEjf54mUw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJKjsy%2Bh1d%2BKPr3AUOQr4BTrn_LEomK7jk2msepTpcTzw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJKjsy%2Bh1d%2BKPr3AUOQr4BTrn_LEomK7jk2msepTpcTzw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAH5J8ywOvOU-tRzPBgEKdENWyTtnGjyJpot9EvEZaghSm8Eahg%40mail.gmail.com.
