And ... we're back. Another not-particularly-funny comedian whose set was interrupted by reaction shots and inserts: Five showing the delighted audience, two showing the audience in the foreground and a full-body shot of the performer and one odd one used three times, taken from upstage showing her and the audience. Once again, one suspects it was to cover up weak spots in the set, but that would have meant cutting the whole segment.
--Dave Sikula On Friday, July 2, 2021 at 4:26:00 AM UTC-7 Jon Delfin wrote: > Holding off agreement until we see the next stand-up segment. > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2021, 5:26 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> As a follow-up of sorts, Jim Gaffigan was on the show tonight and while >> he paneled, it was the typical situation where Colbert set him up for >> prepared material. Fortunately, there were no cutaway shots, so maybe >> they're over it. >> >> --Dave Sikula >> >> On Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 6:44:33 AM UTC-7 PGage wrote: >> >>> >>> I so agree with this, I would add live sporting events to this list. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 at 2:46 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> (To put this in context, one of my least favorite things in any medium >>>> is audience-reaction shots; this is especially egregious in musicals and >>>> comedy specials where, rather than trusting that the audience will enjoy >>>> the performer, the director makes sure that we know the on-screen audience >>>> enjoyed them, so we are obliged to, as well.) >>>> >>>> -- >>> 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/15f58711-cc1b-471b-a732-190580db38fan%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/15f58711-cc1b-471b-a732-190580db38fan%40googlegroups.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/fb2be0c4-755a-41b6-abe1-a56c0563a70bn%40googlegroups.com.
