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?
The woke thing is over done. It tells me more about the person saying “this is woke”. I don’t think the Daily Show has to signal anything on the left. Is it possible, that they hired someone who isn’t funny and that person just happens to be over weight and a lesbian? I’ve seen a LOT of unfunny white male comedians. No one says they were a diversity hire. The OP makes the assumption daily show knew she wasn’t funny and hired her because she’s a lesbian, jumping to that conclusion because it’s the thing they notice most. I’m fairly certain if that was the case, I’m betting there are funny comedians who happen to be lesbian.
Um, white males CANNOT be diversity hires in the American entertainment industry. By definition and population. Do you know what a diversity hire is??
I cannot believe TDS producers thought she would be a good match for the show. And of course there are funny comedians who happen to be lesbian and/or overweight… However Grace Kuhlenschmidt isn’t one of them.
She’s so bad on the show, I cannot think of another explanation as to why they hired her.
Another confounding example is Olivia Munn. I thought TDS hired her because she’s Asian and young men find her attractive. I was pleasantly surprised her one or two appearances on the show were really funny. Then they fired her.
The fact you assumed Olivia Munn was also a “diversity hire” is just further proof that you think anyone who is not white is a diversity hire. That’s weird man. Olivia Munn hosted Attack of the Show on G4 for years and even played a reporter in the news room for 2 years. Couldn’t it just be the case that TDS thought she’d be a good fit for the job? But oh no they must have hired her bc she’s hot and Asian. You’re telling on yourself there man.
Oh wait, so you’re saying that the entertainment industry is unduly represented by white males? I would’ve thought your type was bemoaning about how there aren’t any more and THEY should be the new diversity hires.
Damn dude didn’t know you were so woke
Who are you to tell Black activists whether their terminology is “over” or not?
“Woke” originated in the Black community in the 1940s and was a common term for describing awareness of even subtle racial discrimination. It was then appropriated by White activists in the 2010s and applied to virtually every form of social justice. Which in turn led to conservatives using it as a catch-all term for everything progressives support.
TL;DR - White folk (liberal and conservative) ruined a term used by Black folk.
I believe they’re saying “complaining about being woke” is overdone.
Nothing wrong with being woke. It’s the idiots that complain about it that is tiring and eyerolling.