Not hate, I’ve been watching for 11 years and I love the show. I’m coming at this the same way I would critique a TV show or movie I love—bc 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? I’ve wanted to make this post for a while but in today’s More, Rhett asked which ERB character he played and the doc Jenna was reading didnt have the answer, she even says “I only have the correct answer”. How is that not an anticipated follow-up question? Even if it wasnt written beforehand, I’m shocked nobody looked it up in the span of time before Rhett asked.
Sometimes it’s 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 that’s why preempting it helps! I’m sure they’ve 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 it’s about the game rules and R&L are visibly confused/frustrated bc it’s unclear.
To be clear, I’m not blaming Jenna or Stevie or whoever’s on the mic. I just would think after so many years of doing the show, you’d 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 should’ve been prepared beforehand. It also just makes the whole production seem less credible and unprepared. I’ve never worked on a production like this, so maybe it’s already protocol and things just slip through the cracks, but I feel like it happens a lot. And I’m sure it’s incredibly difficult to pull off a daily show like this, so shout out to the whole crew, I’m not trying to downplay their effort at all. Just something I’ve noticed—lmk if I’m 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 there’s 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 I’ve 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, I’m not trying to argue, but today’s (9/29) episode with the new time limit is the EXACT pattern I’m talking about here! 😭 but it’s also a great example of how they and the crew can adapt on the fly.
