We’ve come across quite a few progressives, including comedianKathy “He broke me!” Griffin and directorJoss “I think I’m broken” Whedon, who blame President Donald Trump for “breaking” them.
Save a tear, though, for those working behind the scenes in the entertainment industry who have also been broken by the election of Donald Trump. Some of them spoke this week during the Television Critics Association press tour, and Variety was there with the sad story.
Late-Night Writers Talk Trump: I Dont Want This Job https://t.co/6kOH7Z8XuK
— Variety (@Variety) July 29, 2017
That works out well, then, because we don’t want to watch late-night TV anymore either. Variety reports:
“I dont want this job” was the general feeling among the writers who gathered Saturday at the Television Critics Assn. summer press tour in Beverly Hills for a panel titled Has Politics Made Late-Night Great Again?” Panelists included Ashley Nicole Black, a writer for “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” Christine Nangle, head writer for “The President Show,” Hallie Haglund, writer for “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” and Jason Reich, head writer for “The Jim Jefferies Show.”
“I just find it exhausting. Its hard to find it fun,” said Reich of the pressure to keep up with the constant news cycle generated by the administration.
So it’s really boring, exhausting, and upsetting to be a late-night TV writer? Maybe it would be healthy for everyone to shake things up a bit and, you know, write something funny.
TV comedy writers have it so bad right now. https://t.co/85tOGAYZrc pic.twitter.com/3HYrN20cXX
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 29, 2017
"We could go weeks without making fun of Obama but with Trump we're just so exhausted" The real heroes
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 29, 2017
Maybe the problem is they choose not to make fun of or joke about anything else? The entitlement in this piece is breathtaking
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 29, 2017
Only boring writers get bored
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) July 29, 2017
Well at least they're bored with their own comedy now too
— Greg B (@gregb94) July 29, 2017
They could always go after someone other than the president…like they did from '08 to '16. Press werent the only ones asleep at the wheel
— Sterken Draak (@SterkenDraak) July 29, 2017
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