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Peter Bart: Hollywood Honchos Are In A Likability Lull, But Does It Really Matter?
04.11.2022 - 03:35 / deadline.com
I had just arrived at a small dinner party several years ago when a surprise guest, Johnny Carson, seated himself across from me and promptly invoked the dreaded “L” word. “We haven’t met before, so I should explain that I’m not a very ‘likable’ dinner companion,” he advised. “I’m paid to be entertaining on TV but dinner is a ‘no laugh’ zone.”
I appreciated his warning: A new survey of “likability” ratings was stirring controversy at that moment and, despite an erratic personal life, Carson was still a revered TV presence.
The comedian would be amused to learn that it’s all being reenacted today, again triggered by the behavior of late-night hosts (I’ll review Carson’s own dinner performance below).
According to the new likability index, James Corden is no longer the “Mr. Nice Guy” of late-night because of allegedly nasty restaurant behavior – that is, if you believe the waiters (and proprietors).
But there are broader symptoms: The Cate Blanchett movie Tár is generating op-ed debates because of her performance as an abrasive celebrity whose behavior helps ruin the lives of fellow stars.
Issues of likability are even impacting Ellen DeGeneres nearing the end of her long and successful TV career. And John Mulaney, occasionally on Saturday Night Live, is currently touring his new show titled “Likability Is a Jail.”
Are TV personalities locked in that jail? A critic for the Los Angeles Times, Mary McNamara, points out that likable characters do not inhabit one of the mega-budget shows dominating TV, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. They are “diabolically morose” and reflect an “epic humorlessness” (the elves in Rings of Power might protest).
At another level, political candidates presently dominating the
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18.11.2022 / 02:11
Peter Bart: Upcoming Spielberg, Mendes & Gray Movies Could Teach Newly Troubled Tech Titans Some Old Tricks
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13.11.2022 / 21:21
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‘American Gigolo’s Sandrine Holt Signs With Silver Lining Entertainment
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11.11.2022 / 06:05
Peter Bart: Hollywood Might Need To Re-Think Its Agenda & Casting Choices Amid Nation’s Political Ambiguity
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10.11.2022 / 22:29
Warner Bros Discovery Boss David Zaslav Holds Town Hall With New DC Heads James Gunn & Peter Safran About New Cohesive Universe
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06.11.2022 / 22:55
Quentin Tarantino Explains How Pedro Almodóvar’s NC-17 Pic ‘Matador’ Influenced His Take On Cinematic Violence
While director Quentin Tarantino (“Pulp Fiction”) is one feature film away from retirement—at least if his ten film proclamation stands— he still has many projects in the works. Tarantino’s aim when he retires is to focus on writing books and directing television projects —maybe he’ll finally make that “Bounty Law” spin-off from “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” he’s been threatening to make.
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Peter Bart: Hollywood Studio Protectors Of Old Would Still Have Plenty To Do These Days
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