08.29.08
Whoopie Does It Again!
I never really liked Whoopie Goldberg’s comedy. But as a panelist on a television talk show, she is BRILLIANT. Why do I say this, and what is the difference between Whoopie and the other panelists on The View? We can use the following reasons in our own quest to add humor to our lives.
1. Whoopie is decidedly unemotional about the election. We all are sure of who she will vote for, but she doesn’t press the issue. And when the other panelists are heated and emotionally flailing around, it is Whoopie who brings them back to earth with her quips.
2. Whoopie moderates–she doesn’t attack. Whereas the other panelists are emotionally tied to their view, Whoopie is not. So she doesn’t need to attack when someone criticizes her side: she merely rolls with the punches. Paradoxically, this makes her appear in control–of herself, her emotions, and the show itself. Chiefly because she is not fighting.
3. These reasons combine to make Whoopie very likeable. Even if you didn’t like her as a comedian. She is likeable because she is at ease. She is not one of the glamorous ones on the show, yet she still wears the sleeveless sundress, the dreadlocks, the tattoo. And it is OK, because she is so comfortable. She does care who wins the election, but she is not attached to it to the point of attacking people around her.
More tomorrow about the eclectic, changing nature of the candidates! Stay tuned.
Does anyone else pick apart The View like this? Am I right? Wanna fight about it?? ”Get Your SHINE Together!”
