Discussion Thread

[espreite]

Hello again! If you haven't already seen, some interesting articles have been posted in the Prompt/Resource post, like A Thin Line Between Stereotype and Satire from Racialicious on Olivia Munn's first appearance and a behind the scenes article on TDS's editing process (thanks, chatananasand seagullsong!) Any thoughts on them?

And of course, talk about what's going on in the shows, or anything else you find relevant :)

Comments

[politicette]

That behind the scenes article is really cute. Thanks for the read!

[ceilidh_ann]

I found this article really interesting:

http://jezebel.com/5570545/comedy-of-errors-behind-the-scenes-of-the--daily-shows-lady-problem

[erinptah]

I was kind of uncomfortable with the way the comments on Racialicious kept veering into debates over whether she's Vietnamese Enough™. Combined with the way some of the "she deepthroated a hot dog for the lulz!" complaints have a whiff of how she's The Wrong Kind Of Woman™, and it feels like there's this onus on her to Represent All People Of Her Gender, Race, And Ethnicity from the get-go.

And, listen, I get that these are valid issues to think about. But I've seen the debuts of all the current correspondents/contributors except Sam and Lewis, and none of them has inspired anything even close to this level of WTF NO. Can't help but feel like that's correlated with her identity - and I wish people would give her a few segments (individual ones, too, not just ensemble ones) to see how she handles TDS before jumping straight to Okay They Hired A Woman Of Color But She's The Wrong Woman Of Color.

[politicette]

Does anybody want to post this article? http://jezebel.com/5570545/comedy-of-errors-behind-the-scenes-of-the--daily-shows-lady-problem

I would but I am too shy. <_<

[neonglitterati]

I am taking my anger and shouting out into the void but:

I was unimpressed tonight w/ Jon. At the top of the show, he says "Our guest tonight: Helen Mirren. She's pretty."
And then he goes off on a rant and mentions the Jezebel article "Jezebel thinks I'm a sexiest prick"

Instead of saying Helen Mirren, she won an Oscar, he goes go "she's pretty". I don't know if it's just me, but I was like really? really? Really.

What are your thoughts on this subject? I'm sorry if this isn't coherent but it's late :(

[ceilidh_ann]

Jon, I love you but you missed the point of Jezebel's post. I don't think there's much to discuss since it was 1 line but Jezebel didn't call him sexist, they just pointed out the disproportionate number of male to female correspondents, and today the same problem with guests.

And semi related but yes, Helen Mirren is hot.