On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 11:05 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, they finally got it half right, but even so seem to be doing it in a > ham fisted way. > > Watching this rather awkward week reinforces my sense that, apart from > everything else, Richards was just a bad choice. Again, it’s not that he > does any part of the job all that badly, but he’s just generally unlikable > in a white bread, corporate key. It does feel like the decision makers at > Sony were like “we have one of the few audiences left that is so old, male > and white that we can install a soulless corporate shill and they will eat > it up.” >
I don't think Sony's thinking was "they will eat it up," rather they were defensive and more concerned about losing older white viewers instead of concentrating on what would bring younger viewers. -- 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/CAJE-FiFbtAVzxc7jT7HvLG7%3D%3D7rcXD0nc1UDQV1r7A8yeAq-EQ%40mail.gmail.com.
