On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 10:41 AM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > I understand your point, but what else can a political satire show do? I > can see a one-off "Day Without Trump" kind of episode, but unlike the first > six months of his campaign, when he should have been ignored, he really > can't be now. What they can do is maybe dig down to the third and fourth > layers of his bullshit - ignore the distracting clown show more often and > address the substantive horrors his administration is unleashing. >
Speaking only for myself, I just don't find Trump jokes to be funny. I concede a topical comedy show can't ignore the bigoted sexual predator, nor can they ignore the many lies vomited from his administration, but the subject matter just isn't something I can laugh about... certainly not on a daily basis. If Trump wasn't a genuine threat, then I'd say "yuck it up," but we are at a tipping point, and although I pride myself on finding humor in the darkest places, I just can't laugh about the sociopath in the White House. > On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 9:28 AM Adam Bowie <a...@adambowie.co.uk> wrote: > > As someone who watches a fair few of these shows (John Oliver, The Daily > Show, and yes, even Real Time a little), I am beginning to grow tired of > Trump's domination of them. On the one hand, it's inevitable, and frankly > inescapable. If he gives a press conference like Thursday's then you can't > help but expect to see it everywhere. It was lead story of the UK BBC news > that night too. > > On the other hand... just enough! > > I suspect that the truest thing Trump said at his press conference last > week was that he was good for ratings for the news networks. And I've no > doubt the same is true for the late night shows. But I'm not sure how they > can wean themselves off the Trump drug any more than ABC didn't when it > burnt Who Wants To Be A Millionaire out in record time back in 1999/2000. > The current Trump focus must be unsustainable. > > But then I look at myself, and while I might find myself skipping parts of > The Daily Show, I instead end up watching Reliable Sources or Meet the > Press, shows I *never* usually watch. (Actually I only just found out that > CNN International is carrying Reliable Sources since it's been a long time > since it did. Meet the Press is carried on CNBC internationally.) > > I suspect it's all just a coping mechanism while the UK goes through > Brexit - something that will run and run as well. > > > > Adam > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 5:05 PM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Or, as John Oliver Utah it last night > > "Trump dominates the news cycle the way a fart dominates the interior of a > Volkswagen Beetle. There is simply no escape from him." > > That's fine for comedy shows, but it would be nice if TV News would come > up with the discipline to cover non-Trump Nes in their opening segments > unless something truly critical was involved; then do a Trump Dump segment. > > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 2:16 PM Tom Wolper <twol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Steve Timko <steveti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I turned on Friday's show. the opening was a bit about Trump, then > most of the monologue was about Trump, and the final act was a comedy > duo from Australia, the Umbilical Brothers, who also skewered Trump. I > think it's getting to be a bit much. > Christina Hendricks is still awesome. > > > That's the story that has taken over the news and it is what the audience > has been following all day. There is nothing else in the news to get the > audience's attention. 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