Amidst Women’s Rights Clash, Sam Bee Fights Back With Comedy, Truth, And
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MSNBC's series Mavericks spends a half hour with Samantha Bee in Amidst Women’s Rights Clash, Sam Bee Fights Back With Comedy, Truth, And Late Night Breakthroughs. This is a great interview looking into Bee's career and growth across time, with a lot of introspection and insight. It was sadly recorded shortly before Full Frontal With Samantha Bee was cancelled after its seventh season [Variety].
(Thank you, Bee, et al. You did really good work and I hope you land well. Or that some other network gets their head on straight and hires you all whole.)
posted by lauranesson at 12:28 AM on July 28, 2022 [5 favorites]
posted by lauranesson at 12:28 AM on July 28, 2022 [5 favorites]
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posted by interogative mood at 3:41 AM on July 28, 2022
posted by interogative mood at 3:41 AM on July 28, 2022
Late-Night Television Is Moving Backward
posted by jenfullmoon at 8:12 AM on July 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by jenfullmoon at 8:12 AM on July 28, 2022 [1 favorite]
Samantha Bee's cancellation hints at tough times for women and POC in late night TV
posted by jenfullmoon at 11:48 AM on July 28, 2022
posted by jenfullmoon at 11:48 AM on July 28, 2022
I have a distinct anger about this. She is so at the top of her game, and she was totally innovative during the pandemic television era and we're entering a period of real political turmoil. It's like, was she silenced on some level, too provocative in an atmosphere of enclosing censorship? Was she somehow losing viewers in her timeslot? I watched her religiously, often first-run on broadcast because DISH feeds numbers back to channels and I want to be counted as Live And Present for her.
She channeled so much of my anger... and I don't know where I will turn now.
posted by hippybear at 9:26 PM on July 29, 2022 [2 favorites]
She channeled so much of my anger... and I don't know where I will turn now.
posted by hippybear at 9:26 PM on July 29, 2022 [2 favorites]
Honestly, it sounds like it was the merger/money and they just cut shows. Might not have happened had the merger not gone on. Same with say, CW shows being canceled this year.
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:17 AM on July 30, 2022
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:17 AM on July 30, 2022
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