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Late nights biggest strength and greatest weakness is the fact thatsomethinghas to go on air every night.
Okay, not literallyeverynight, but many nights.
There are two options: acknowledge or avoid.
Its certainly braver to address things head-on, if less tactful.
Avoiding awkward conversations on your comedy show is entirely justified.
People come to these shows to laugh and unwind.
Confronting harsh truths isnt relaxing.
Show,TV must be nice, for the nice people.
This week was full of late nights niceness being interrupted by the truly batshit times in which we live.
Corden went for a heartfelt these truths must be told, support the survivors speech.
had suffered in a way that their victims had not.
Of course, people will go, What about the victims?
But you know what?
The victims didnt have to go through that.
However,The Tonight Showdecided they didnt need that heat.
It would appear that Fallon dodged a bullet by not having him on.
I would honestly rather see a rock block of Matthew McConaughey than Norm Macdonald apologize for apologizing poorly.
McConaughey was delightful Tuesday night.
He rolled with the punches like a true Zen master and kept supplying anecdotes about airstream trailers.
McConaughey has lived more while camping than I have in my entire existence.
Its not surprising that Colbert acknowledged his networks problems while Fallon avoided his.
When Alex Trebek grew a similar beard,Colbert addressed it.
Kimmel is a similarly compulsivelampshade hanger.
Hellask Kanye about Donald Trump, hellask Kim about Kanye, he dont give a fuck.
All late-night hosts can be categorized as avoiders or acknowledgers.
Colbert, Kimmel, Samantha Bee, and John Oliver are all acknowledgers.
Seth Meyers is on the cusp; he goes either way orlets Amber Ruffin do the acknowledging for him.
Fallon and Corden are really only here to have a good time.
They dont bring dark stuff up if they can help it.
Its against their brands, and Corden is too British to state anything too obviously.
His silence onBeat the Meatlesis deafening.
He never stops talking about Sir Paul.
Just a day before the news broke, he and Rob Lowe were trading Beatles stories.
This is the one time when speaking out is a moral imperative.
The whole world is watching, Mr. Corden.
