On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 07:48:46 GMT, Shader <Shader@greyscales.org>
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>I'm getting tired of these 'crammed' shows with his (for the most part) terrible interviews. I wish Howard wasn't trying to be so recognized and respected now because it's obvious he believes the sycophants around him about his interviewing prowess, and apparently he feels it's his path to legitimacy.
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>Howard is just not a good interviewer; he has the advantage of having an hour and a half with everyone, which we have to suffer through so he can glean one or two interesting tidbits. The rest is his god-awful pop-psychology b.s. where he tries to badger his own narrative to someone's story even if they have no inclination to his premise; 'you must have felt angry/hurt/betrayed with your (fill in the blank parent/situation) which lead to your (fill in the blank talent/action)'. Even when people eschew his direction, he keeps pushing til 9/10 the person just 'yeah yeah yeahs' to get through it. Will must be overloaded with research as of late because Howard's also gotten a ton of shit wrong about peoples careers and story. He tries to straddle the fence and please his old fans by latching onto some boring, but maybe lascivious detail, to which he'll call back a million times as if that's the edgy thing to do (crosby's sperm anyone?).
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>I just wish the people around him had the cojones to tell him that he's an awful talk show guest (unless you're and A.D.D. third-grader) and interviewer. He doesn't listen to anyone but Howard.
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>That being said I still love pretty much everything else about the show, especially the interactions with staff and even his first-hour banter. He needs people around him that will help him improve, but at this point in his career and with the money he's being payed to barely show up, his motivation probably nil, especially when everyone around him seems to tell him he does everything right.
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>/rant over ;)
I have to agree with alot of your points he does leed the witness in a
matter of speaking, when the guest is plugging something howard does
tend to forget shit real fast as well by the end of the show he forgot
what happened at the beginning.
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