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You really need to look this woman up and listen to her interviews. Because her routine is that she will find actual experts in various fields and then bring them into joke interviews, that they believe are completely serious. And then she delivers the most absurd questions the most straight-faced professional sounding monotone possible, and then watch people try to answer those questions without getting mad, blowing off the interview, or asking if this is a joke...
As they are lead to believe that it is serious and they don't want to look unprofessional or be the rude person.
This is not true. The experts know in advance its a comedy thing, they just dont know what the questions will be.
Most of them have been on her shows multiple times, as well. So they tend to have previous experience with her, on top of already being aware.
I get really bad embarrassment squick (watching other people in uncomfortable situations makes me very uncomfortable) and this show is 100% unwatchable, which means it is definitely hilarious for anyone who isn't afflicted by a similar condition.
No clue how you got that impression. I suffer from the same second-hand emabarassment as well (which prevents me from enjoying most western 'look at how stupid and dumb and embarassing the MCs are'-comedies), but its not being triggered in the slightest by her. The interviewees 100% percent know that they're being fucked with.
I feel the same way. She is also way too well known for any expert to be fooled into thinking it's going to be a serious interview
Yeah, I don't think anyone is confused that it's a comedy interview, are they? I can't imagine they can do it all in one take without anyone cracking up.
She's a reasonably famous comedian since The IT Crowd, too.
I'm the same. I watched about 1 min of one of her interviews and had to turn it off due to all the second hand embarrassment I was feeling.
They're in on the joke to a degree. They know it's a comedy show but nothing more.
Some of them have so much fun playing straight man. The philosopher, the military history guy who comforts her when she mock cries on finding out nukes still exist, and the "Jesus was the first victim of cancel culture" religious scholar all come to mind.
I never knew this was "a thing", but I guess I have a form of it.
I absolutely, positively cannot watch The Office, but Cunk on Earth? It is one of the few comedy things lately that's had me absolutely rolling.
Cunk on Earth is brilliant
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Do they really think it's serious? I thought they knew it was a joke, but try to answer as seriously as possible
No, they are told to answer honestly and truthfully as if the questions were genuine, this is brilliant because it makes them the perfect "straight man" for the act.
Basically an updated take on Brass Eye (which is absolutely a compliment)
Ali G and Borat would like a word too.
Ali G: I got a mate he’s called dangerous Dave and he says he’s taken 22 e’s in one night.
Such a great show.