Seriously, Comedy Central. Stop trying to be woke and inclusive and just concentrate on hiring people who are funny.

Grace’s interview with that astrophysicist was not funny. She actually made fun of him with the mimic game! What was the point of that? Her “jokes” are what I might expect from a five year old, which I guess matches the fact that she seems to have never lost her baby teeth. I didn’t laugh a SINGLE TIME during the whole piece.

Her comedic style is childish, dense and purposely ignorant. NONE of that fits the Daily Show, which is smart, smarmy, sardonic and witty. Ok, and purposefully ignorant.

I can think of several other correspondents who would have handled that piece 1,000 times better than Grace… Jordan Klepper, Michael Kosta, Desi Lydic…

Grace Kuhlenschmidt actually made Michelle Wolf seem funny by comparison! Was that your goal?

  • peanutbutter2178@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The show has always hired a diverse slate of correspondent. If she doesn’t work she won’t last. You are right it is a very unique skill set to make it work as a DS correspondent. But this is one place where someone who isn’t a cis white man isn’t a diversity hire.

    Maybe hearing people from different perspectives will help broaden your views of the world. Also, the new people are replacing a Mount Rushmore correspondent who the show screwed over.

    Also, the show is kind of rudderless without a permanent host. To me the host sets the tone of the show which allows the correspondents to follow.