> A Letterman reckoning is coming. He liked to get aggressive with people who got in > the news for controversy.
I'm sure there are people who'd like to see such a reckoning. I found it fascinating that the Atlantic piece you linked to said "Here was an audience so conditioned to seeing women in crisis as punch lines" instead of 'celebrities in crisis.' It's not like we never saw Nick Nolte's mug shot. One of the facets of Late Night that made Dave so successful was laughing at the whole celebrity-industrial complex. That lasted through much of the Late Show, and is pretty much standard fare now for everybody in late night. If Nastassia Kinski wasn't happy to be asked about her odd hairstyle, that was too bad. If Joaquin Phoenix wanted to go full goofball, Dave was happy to participate. And if Lindsay Lohan came on at a point in her life where she was poised to go full trainwreck, Dave wasn't going to avoid it. He might have some regrets now, but he wasn't going to ignore the elephant. -- 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/CAKSNnOEtyXo9AU5zOCSCXoVUFYjbmq%3DOeTKt9fBVJh33sKM5Dw%40mail.gmail.com.
