I thought it wasn’t a coincidence that they had Davidson do the Rowling bit on that show. Burr did a little bit of his “Cancel Culture sucks, am I right?” spiel, but his whole persona embodies that anyway. Davidson ( kind of an interesting choice for this) was a small flag the show flew for the opposite position.
On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 at 1:07 AM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > I tuned in and out of most of the sketches (par for my course), but it > seemed to me that the sketches where Burr's character(s) returned to the > basic themes of his comedy also fell flat. I'm thinking mostly of the > Mafia sketch. He's done much better with this kind of material in most, if > not all, of his sit-downs with Conan. > > FWIW, I thought Pete Davidson's mini-monologue during Update on J.K. > Rowling managed its points better and was a little funnier. > > David > > On Sunday, October 11, 2020, 7:15:54 PM EDT, 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/1765304841.349874.1602490018978%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/1765304841.349874.1602490018978%40mail.yahoo.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/CAKGtkYLcfTEEj8K95KAasmbrsFfhK_pPUbp_4ZO5cXFhaoeLTQ%40mail.gmail.com.
