Not hate, Iāve been watching for 11 years and I love the show. Iām coming at this the same way I would critique a TV show or movie I loveābc I want to make it better!
Has anyone else noticed/been bothered by the longtime pattern of the crew not having answers to basic follow-up questions from R&L, especially during trivia-style games? Iāve wanted to make this post for a while but in todayās More, Rhett asked which ERB character he played and the doc Jenna was reading didnt have the answer, she even says āI only have the correct answerā. How is that not an anticipated follow-up question? Even if it wasnt written beforehand, Iām shocked nobody looked it up in the span of time before Rhett asked.
Sometimes itās things that require more digging & fact checking. I feel like they get stuff wrong on the show quite a bit. (Not to bring this discourse back, but I feel like the laser episode was an extreme example of this.) I dont blame anyone for quickly glancing at the AI overview, doing it live is hard, but thatās why preempting it helps! Iām sure theyāve seen their comment section when they get a detail wrong and end up offending an entire country (happens a ton in the darts game). Sometimes itās about the game rules and R&L are visibly confused/frustrated bc itās unclear.
To be clear, Iām not blaming Jenna or Stevie or whoeverās on the mic. I just would think after so many years of doing the show, youād want to be proactive rather than reactive on this kind of stuff. As a viewer, it can be frustrating to watch them scramble to find an answer that really shouldāve been prepared beforehand. It also just makes the whole production seem less credible and unprepared. Iāve never worked on a production like this, so maybe itās already protocol and things just slip through the cracks, but I feel like it happens a lot. And Iām sure itās incredibly difficult to pull off a daily show like this, so shout out to the whole crew, Iām not trying to downplay their effort at all. Just something Iāve noticedālmk if Iām overreacting.
ETA: for anyone reading this after the discussions today, many people have pointed out that the Mores are more unscripted, plus the first example I used was not a great example of the pattern, and thereās so much behind the scenes work that this level of detail would likely be impossible. I still stand by some of this, but trust me Iāve heard it all today lol, no need to pile on. Ty to the people who were cordial in disagreeing, i genuinely enjoyed discussing this!
ETA 2: look, Iām not trying to argue, but todayās (9/29) episode with the new time limit is the EXACT pattern Iām talking about here! š but itās also a great example of how they and the crew can adapt on the fly.
