The interview that mainly gave me the impression that GK was a jerk was when he was a guest on Al Franken's show (back when he had a show on Air America). Franken was being totally friendly and cool, and any time he said something funny (that GK could have easily picked up and ran with) GK just ignored it or changed the subject. I mean, maybe he was just really grumpy that day, but it felt more like he was refusing to let Al Franken have a joke, or more like share a joke. Franken was in now way putting him down, just trying have some fun.
TG - the first time in recent history I remember saying "wtf" was during her interview with James Cameron about Avatar. She was talking about (and I'm not really sure why she was making this connection anyway) cartoon characters, and how a lot of female cartoon characters have really big breasts, and then she commented that the Navi female protaganist had really small breasts and seemed to want Cameron to explain... it was just weird - I don't even know what her point was. Was she expecting that character to have really large breasts, because it reminded her of a cartoon? Cameron handled it well, stating the obvious that it makes more sense for a the whole Navi species that spends its time flying through the trees to be slender and athletic.... it was one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. I was embarrassed for her.
And there have been other interviews where I've cringed at how she handles topics around sexuality. The other one that really bugged me through and through was when she interview this woman who had worked as a dominatrix for 4 years to make money, and later got a PhD in anthropology, and had just written a book about the dominatrix experiences. It was clear from the guest's answers (I thought) that her main motive in working as a dominatrix was to make money, for her it was a job job, whereas anthropology was more what she wanted to do all along. But Terri kept spinning her questions in ways that implied that being a dominatrix, or being a client of a dominatrix, was something aberrant. No, she didn't come right out and say that, but it just became obvious that's what she thought. I've known people who do that kind of work and it is actually something they enjoy and don't do just for money, but for this guest, you knew it wasn't her favorite career, because she left it for something else she was more interested in. TG seemed fascinated by the whole thing, but it was sheltered-life kind of fascination. She kept asking questions about things the guest didn't like about the job (okay, that's fine - to a point) but it was almost as if she was baiting the guest to say, "yes, it is weird", which she eventually did. I wish she had interviewed a real dominatrix - someone who does it because they like it.
And she seems to be interrupting people more - today or yesterday ? can't remember, she interrupted the guest twice - while they were answering her question!! So... I don't know, I never noticed stuff like this before, so maybe I'm paying more attention or maybe I'm getting curmudgeony myself, but lately unless I she's interviewing a guest I'm more interested in, I don't listen.
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Date: 2010-06-16 02:23 am (UTC)TG - the first time in recent history I remember saying "wtf" was during her interview with James Cameron about Avatar. She was talking about (and I'm not really sure why she was making this connection anyway) cartoon characters, and how a lot of female cartoon characters have really big breasts, and then she commented that the Navi female protaganist had really small breasts and seemed to want Cameron to explain... it was just weird - I don't even know what her point was. Was she expecting that character to have really large breasts, because it reminded her of a cartoon? Cameron handled it well, stating the obvious that it makes more sense for a the whole Navi species that spends its time flying through the trees to be slender and athletic.... it was one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. I was embarrassed for her.
And there have been other interviews where I've cringed at how she handles topics around sexuality. The other one that really bugged me through and through was when she interview this woman who had worked as a dominatrix for 4 years to make money, and later got a PhD in anthropology, and had just written a book about the dominatrix experiences. It was clear from the guest's answers (I thought) that her main motive in working as a dominatrix was to make money, for her it was a job job, whereas anthropology was more what she wanted to do all along. But Terri kept spinning her questions in ways that implied that being a dominatrix, or being a client of a dominatrix, was something aberrant. No, she didn't come right out and say that, but it just became obvious that's what she thought. I've known people who do that kind of work and it is actually something they enjoy and don't do just for money, but for this guest, you knew it wasn't her favorite career, because she left it for something else she was more interested in. TG seemed fascinated by the whole thing, but it was sheltered-life kind of fascination. She kept asking questions about things the guest didn't like about the job (okay, that's fine - to a point) but it was almost as if she was baiting the guest to say, "yes, it is weird", which she eventually did. I wish she had interviewed a real dominatrix - someone who does it because they like it.
And she seems to be interrupting people more - today or yesterday ? can't remember, she interrupted the guest twice - while they were answering her question!! So... I don't know, I never noticed stuff like this before, so maybe I'm paying more attention or maybe I'm getting curmudgeony myself, but lately unless I she's interviewing a guest I'm more interested in, I don't listen.