Dean Obedallah calls for Netflix or Hulu to pick up the show. http://www.crossroadstoday.com/story/32775808/larry-wilmores-comedy-central-show-canceled-big-mistake
Sent from TypeApp On Aug 16, 2016, 11:54 AM, at 11:54 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >I was happy to see them doing one last "Pardon the Integration", which >is >one of the best illustrations of how this show found itself over time, >rather than over-relying on the panel. That kind of segment is a funny >bit, >as opposed to talking heads, but it is not just silly, it still raises >real >issues and takes a POV, as it did last night. It also made the more >relevant critical point about the cancellation, which is not that >firing a >black hosted show is racist (obviously, it isn't), but that too many >Americans who otherwise tune into late night comedy shows are made >uncomfortable by a show that takes on serious issues. For a couple of >reasons I have never been a huge Maher fan, which for all of his veneer >of >brave oppositionalism more often than not feels to me like he is >pandering >to his demo ("porn is okay, smoke dope, religion is a drag"). Wilmore >is a >level above Maher in my book, because he got into issues that were >actually >controversial within the progressive and African-American demo (like is >it >okay to use the word "nigger"?; and even, at the beginning, Cosby). > >In the early weeks of the show I was worried that they were relying so >much >on bringing in outsiders to participate in their round table that it >would >not develop a core cast to support Wilmore. But they figured that out >pretty quickly, and I have grown to really like most of them, >especially >the three featured last night and most often, Mike Yard, Rory Albanese >and >Robin Thede. Of those, I was generally aware of Yard before, and knew >Albanese as a producer of TDS (and hilarious contributor to The Bugle), >but >had no consciousness of Thede before Wilmore. I really, really like >her, >and hope that we get to see her doing something on her own soon. > >I thought it was pretty clear this year that Wilmore was a passionate >Bernie-crat, but he is also a grown-up, and, a la Obama, a very >patriotic >American. I think that is what was at the heart of the dump-on-Trump >feel >of Monday's show - not so much a surprising reveal to the public that >he >does not approve of Trump, but a strong statement to the die-hard >Bernie-ites to stop with the absurd notion that Hillary is just as bad >as >Trump. His use of the term "false equivalence" was significant - that >is >the key term being used when arguing with the Bernie Death-Eaters. > >Despite many elements of his schtick, Wilmore has an optimistic view of >America. His point about Hillary was that he was not so much with her >(Hillary) as he was with Her (the Statue of Liberty). At the end of the >round table Thede said something like "We have to stop thinking that >Trump >is funny or cute. America better wake up". It may have been edited, but >Wilmore found a nice, perhaps overly optimistic, out line for the >episode, >and maybe his series, when he said "I am ready to announce that America >is >woke." > >On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 7:18 AM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> >wrote: > >> They went after Trump hard on the show. No gloves. >> Oddly, right before the last commercial break they ran the bumper on >how >> to get tickets. Maybe as a courtesy to sentimental types who might >want to >> see the show this week? >> They also took some shots at the corporation for losing a black >voice. >> Wilmore said their cancellation must mean racism is solved. >> >> Sent from TypeApp <http://www.typeapp.com/r> >> > >-- >-- >TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected] >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >--- >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]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- 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]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
