So I watched this already - I think it is a little more complex and substantive than Kevin’s dismissal here implies (not a lot more, but a little).
I watched all 17 minutes of it because the description I first saw read like it was a real-life version of the thing KG did on the Seinfeld show years ago (which I thought was hilarious). And it kind of is - though it is not at all funny, and in some places it is a little sad and pathetic. I only vaguely know who Harvey Levin is, and have no idea who Andy Cohen is (I guess the head of Bravo TV?); if I knew them better I might have a little more compassion for KG. We have read several stories of how KG continues to feel unfairly persecuted because of the Trump photo thing. I think the photo was in bad taste and inappropriate, but I also think it was hugely over-hyped. CNN had to fire her, but she is not really an enemy of the state. But she says she and her family get death threats (probably true, but hard to estimate how serious that is. I got death threats too for saying unpopular things in my own little drama a couple of years ago, but I did not take them seriously). I think what is substantive here is her report (which is consistent with other things we already know) that powerful cultural influencers are not just sympathetic to Trump, but in fairly frequent direct communication with him. Now, to be fair, a lot of influencers were fans of Obama, and visited him at the WH, hob knobbed at parties and fund raisers, and campaigned for him. But it would be one thing to know that Jerry Jones donated one million dollars to Trump PACS and has attended a few state dinners, and quite another to learn that Jones talked to Trump at length on the phone and makes requests (or gives directives) for Jones to run his buissiness in ways to support Trump’s agenda. If it came out that Obama called a good friend and supporter of his at the Food Network and had him fire Paula Dean, I think more than a few people would have freaked out. Unfortunately for much of the tape KG, who is calm and collected and not at all in character in the video, comes across as someone who is trying to get a disability check because her boss had been too mean to her. She does not just name a few famous and powerful men; most of the people she calls out by name are women in various roles (including her agents) who she feels did not defend her or protect her from men who were saying bad things about her. At the end of the tape she actually admits the reason she made the tape - she is on a world tour. As Kevin notes she frames it as if she is saying “If I get run over by a truck in Bancock, Donald Trump and Andy Cohen murdered me” - but really it seems like she is just trying to hype her shows and build up the gate. I saw a couple of seasons of her reality show - enough to know that this is the kind of strategy she uses to market herself. Oh, she also calls out Ari Emmanuel, brother of Obama’s first chief of staff. On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 4:22 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > She's naming names (Andy Cohen & Harvey Levin, with a sprinkling of Jeff > Zucker), and including personal cell phone numbers, on a new YouTube video. > Due to her including the phone numbers, the video will be deleted, and -- > as happened last week with Rose Mcgowan -- her Twitter will probably be > locked for a while. > > To sum up, Griffin says TMZ is an arm of the Trump organization, and Levin > is a "gay, male Kellyanne Conway." Oh, and Griffin is afraid she will be > denied reentry to the US after her "world" tour. > > I don't know that much of anything is revealed, but I see the video is > already trending #2, so lack of substance isn't really an issue. > > https://twitter.com/kathygriffin/status/924285409382637568 > https://youtu.be/U9tD3RZS43I > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > -- > 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. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- 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.
