How come late night hosts always seem to think every guest did good shit whether a movie or book or whatever? Why not just be honest and say I thought this sucked. And get in a real discussion.?

Submitted ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Patnou@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

Or like say hey this part in the movie I did not get can you explain it to me. Or ask something about their past or how they feel on being naked in a movie? I mean it would lower the pool of people who would come on, but it would be way better for their jobs showing they can be honest about shit instead of always pushing some crap movie or crap book or crap Broadway play? They always seem to come out years later and say yea that movie sucked it was a shit experience. Then the host could ask why the hell did you pick to do it to begin with?

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jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
“Why aren’t sales people honest and critical about the products they sell?”

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- Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I was when I sold electronics that’s why I had repeat customer’s. Word of mouth got around and I would never try to oversell them and told them which sucked.
  
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  - jerkface@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Okay but you’re presumably retired to a one room apartment and late night talk show hosts have millions of dollars.
    
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hydrashok@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Watch more Craig Ferguson. Genuinely the best late night interviewer ever, in my opinion.

youtu.be/12OlAe2Sfes

He won a Peabody Award for this one.

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- Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I get that but wouldn’t be a more interesting watch instead of saying oh everything is great and I have all these friends. Like why hasn’t a late night host ever point blank ask him about beating up a Vietmanese person? Instead of putting out a press release. Both are getting paid but the most memorable late night moments is when the guest maid the host squirm or the latter. I think it would be neat for Jimmy Fallon to quit thinking everything is funny, including his own jokes, and not be a dick or anything but at least say hey I did not get this can you explain it to me? Or why did you choose this part because your a serious actor, or ask a woman what made her do full frontal nudity in a movie and the same to males. At least show you watched or read the damn thing instead of just paid for talking point. Hell youtube is getting that way anymore nothing but kiss ass’s
  
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SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Norm MacDonald didn’t GAF. He told actors to their faces the movie sucked.

youtu.be/bKmadR4Ye54

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Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Because they are on the show to promote [thing]. Do you think people are on the show because they really like [Host]?

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- Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I get that to an extent but hold those press events with newspapers and podcasters and youtubers. What ever happened to honesty anymore? Why can’t one of them just be like I did this movie because I wanted a second or third home or a new humvee?
  
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  - Nosavingthrow@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Many film stars are contractually obligated to promote their films for a time and, at the very least, are held under a nondisparagment clause; they could likely be sued if they have something that could be even skewed as negative.
    
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sunsofold@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
For the same reason people in infomercials seem to find it so impossible to perform basic human tasks like pouring a drink without a special drink pouring handle. The whole show is staged to get you to buy something, usually a movie ticket or a book. Talk show questions are often given to guests ahead of time to consider answers or given to the host by the guest to make it easier for them to promote their product. Neither of them is speaking as themselves, but as improv actors in an unscripted commercial.

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