The ‘Real Time’ host ran down his issues with the Greta Gerwig film, while insisting “I’m not the one who’s out of step.”

  • ChrisLicht@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    His flexible quickness of wit was incredibly impressive in the ‘80s and early-‘90s.

    But, he’s become brittle. You can see it in his interviews and conversations now, where he often makes interlocutors repeat something before understanding it and responding to it, even though it was said clearly.

    I suspect he’s lost a few steps and is running mostly on muscle-memory these days. He has lost the flexibility of thinking to make truly insightful jokes; he relies instead of stereotypes and is irritated that those stereotypes are increasingly being rejected by the left.

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      1 year ago

      The interesting part of his shows back then wasn’t him, but the group that was put together to talk about issues of the time. When he wouldn’t butt in with his own thoughts. Terrible host, better hosts spark conversation and let the guests talk.