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Rhiannon12866

(205,664 posts)
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 03:36 AM Aug 2018

Netflix cancels comedian Michelle Wolf's show

Comedian Michelle Wolf's Netflix talk show,"The Break With Michelle Wolf," will not be returning to the streaming service for a second season.

Deadline reported on Friday that Wolf's Netflix series had been canceled only about three months after its first episode aired. The show's last episode was released on July 29.

Wolf has not yet made a statement about her show's cancellation.

The "Daily Show" star gained widespread notoriety earlier this year after giving a speech during the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner in which she repeatedly slammed White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

"I actually really like Sarah. I think she's very resourceful," Wolf said at the dinner. "But she burns facts and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smokey eye. Like, maybe she's born with it, maybe it's lies."

Many reporters and public figures found that her comedy bit crossed a line, but Wolf has continually defended herself.


More: http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/402443-netflix-cancels-comedian-michelle-wolfs-show


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Netflix cancels comedian Michelle Wolf's show (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Aug 2018 OP
I love her content. But she's a much better writer than deliverer. Funtatlaguy Aug 2018 #1
I have to agree with you Rhiannon12866 Aug 2018 #2
I have to agree with you, her writing is excellent but the voice grates. OnDoutside Aug 2018 #9
bad taste jokes vs republican cowards aiding and abetting the tyrant. which to choose? msongs Aug 2018 #3
That's a good point, the RW has bigger problems than Michelle Wolf Rhiannon12866 Aug 2018 #4
Meh, not every show can be a hit. n/m RhodeIslandOne Aug 2018 #5
her voice is the worst bdtrppr6 Aug 2018 #6
I have to agree, but I'm willing to bet that's not the reason for the cancellation Rhiannon12866 Aug 2018 #7
Most likely not the true reason for her cancellation rockfordfile Aug 2018 #8
LOL, ok. nt USALiberal Aug 2018 #17
I enjoyed the clips that I saw JonLP24 Aug 2018 #10
I don't have Netflix, either, but I don't think her voice was the reason she was canceled Rhiannon12866 Aug 2018 #11
I tuned in to watch her show... NCTraveler Aug 2018 #12
I'm just guessing that others had the same reaction that you did... Rhiannon12866 Aug 2018 #13
It just wasn't good. NCTraveler Aug 2018 #18
I like her and what she did at the WHCA dinner... Dennis Donovan Aug 2018 #14
That's Too Bad JimGinPA Aug 2018 #15
Her "ICE IS" recruitment video was brilliant Ponietz Aug 2018 #16
Sorry to see this. Good lady, very funny, good politically. Mc Mike Aug 2018 #19
That's nonsense. Codeine Aug 2018 #21
Glad you're pleased with your subscription. Mc Mike Aug 2018 #22
Too bad. The show was very funny. gulliver Aug 2018 #20
I just didn't feel like TV was a good match for her kind if humor. leftyladyfrommo Aug 2018 #23
Sorry to see this show go. Orsino Aug 2018 #24
I'm not very familiar with streaming services, but talk shows seem like a very bad fit for it Midwestern Democrat Aug 2018 #25
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2018 #26
I like her, and I've enjoyed her show. klook Aug 2018 #27

Funtatlaguy

(10,883 posts)
1. I love her content. But she's a much better writer than deliverer.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 03:41 AM
Aug 2018

Whiny voice
Poor inflection and intonation
Go write for someone like Colbert or Samantha Bee who have excellent delivery.

Rhiannon12866

(205,664 posts)
2. I have to agree with you
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 03:46 AM
Aug 2018

She's never been my favorite - when she was on Seth Meyers I had trouble listening to her. And you identified the reason. Some of Seth's writers can be very funny, but her voice and delivery don't earn her friends, especially if they're already looking for a reason to have issues with what she says...

Rhiannon12866

(205,664 posts)
4. That's a good point, the RW has bigger problems than Michelle Wolf
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 03:52 AM
Aug 2018

And their standard bearer is much tougher to listen to - constantly lying, threatening people and selling out this country. I'd welcome a bad joke, but tyrant already is one.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
10. I enjoyed the clips that I saw
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 05:28 AM
Aug 2018

Especially the one that pokes at the late night comedy standard formula and the way she goes after the media she is brilliant sometimes having me look at things in a new way.

I don't have Netflix though. I couldn't care less what her voice sounds like.

Rhiannon12866

(205,664 posts)
13. I'm just guessing that others had the same reaction that you did...
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 06:29 AM
Aug 2018

And of course there was the fallout from the Correspondents' Dinner...

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
18. It just wasn't good.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 08:49 AM
Aug 2018

Some of the material was excellent but the delivery was aweful.

If anything the correspondence dinner helped her. It got people like me to actually look the show up to watch and support her. No one upset with anything she did at the correspondence dinner is going to watch or like her anyway. It’s her job to keep an audience hooked once they tune in. She clearly wasn’t able to pull it of. She has a lot of things going for her and will be just fine.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
14. I like her and what she did at the WHCA dinner...
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 07:36 AM
Aug 2018

...but I wasn't enamored with her show - I saw 1 ep and it didn't have me laughing very hard, unfortunately.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
19. Sorry to see this. Good lady, very funny, good politically.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 09:41 AM
Aug 2018

Her show, like Larry Wilmore's, needed time to find its rhythm, get its pace, voice, stride, recurring bits. I hope she gets some good opportunities in the near future.

Netflix are cheap bastards, they have so much crap content they vacuum up and offer the viewers, a zillion dollar profit they gouge from subscribers, and they opt to program cheaply shot stand up shows.

That's like when the networks shifted their programming to reality tv shows, so cheap to produce.

 

Codeine

(25,586 posts)
21. That's nonsense.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:07 AM
Aug 2018

Stranger Things, Orange is the New Black, the various Marvel series, Dear White People, Narcos, Godless — these are just off the top of my head, and are all high-budget and high-quality productions that rival anything on network or cable television.

The show in question failed because she’s a better writer than presenter. That’s no crime, and her skills are sufficiently well-known and in-demand that her career will survive and she will thrive.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,869 posts)
23. I just didn't feel like TV was a good match for her kind if humor.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 10:11 AM
Aug 2018

She is the most powerful when she does live Stand Up.

25. I'm not very familiar with streaming services, but talk shows seem like a very bad fit for it
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 02:19 PM
Aug 2018

To me, talk shows were always in the category of "disposable television" - they are cheaply made and are something you would watch because you just happen to be home at the time they air and you've judged them to be an adequate time filler - but they aren't something you would ever go to any real effort to see beyond flipping to the channel they were on - watching something on a streaming service seems to me to require more of a deliberate, conscious decision than most viewers have typically afforded to "disposable television" - daytime soaps, game shows, talk shows, etc.

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klook

(12,160 posts)
27. I like her, and I've enjoyed her show.
Sat Aug 18, 2018, 03:32 PM
Aug 2018

Her voice is part of the humor -- kind of like Gilbert Gottfried's. And she has a kind of conspiratorial smile much of the time that's infectious. I look forward to seeing her in other contexts.

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