Where is home? Why, it’s in
your living room. And it’s about time. Television’s most battered
anchorwoman will be on PBS with a new program, “We’ll meet again” starting this
coming Tuesday 1/23/18. It’s about people who met, were separated by
critical events -- wars, terrorist attacks -- those little things, and then who
later re-met.
This template is right up her alley
and plays to her biggest strength: melodrama with a goal and/or a happy ending.
You put this woman in a room with a camera and a bunch of homeless kids
and they’ll all find parents by nightfall.
The camera believes her. And
it should. And when a story is Humanitarian Update, you will, too.
Curry is a news reporter. Her roles
on NBC News at Sunrise and then the Today Show news desk was where she
belonged. As Today co-anchor, the chemistry with Matt Lauer was iffy at
best. A lot of learned opinion says she wasn’t right for the part.
So they executed her. The death penalty may be used sparingly except in
Texas and Florida. On television, it’s common.
The conventional wisdom is that
Lauer pushed her out of the chair. NBC’s rinse and spin cycle says it was
ratings. Maybe. True, she’s better at asking a third world dictator
if he tortures small animals than she is at demonstrating how to barbecue the
perfect rack of ribs. But as someone who worked her way through college
as a hotel housekeeper, she could probably teach you a thing or two about using
that $500 Dyson you just bought on a whim from Kohl’s. Too bad that never
came up.
Now about that new TV show… Curry is the child
of an American soldier and a Japanese war bride. They were separated and then
reunited. Pretty good background for reporting on similar events.
WWII wasn’t the only time that happened. It happened in the Vietnam
war. It happened during the terrorist attacks on America. But it also
happens in coal mining accidents and high school romances and in the house down
the block from you. And it’s probably happening now.
So welcome home, Ann. I’ll
leave a bowl of Hershey Kisses in the living room for Tuesday. I just
don’t remember whether you like the ones with or without the nuts.
Probably will go for plain. My teeth ain’t what they were back in the
day.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
-“I am the future.” -- Ann Curry
discussing her biracial heritage.
SHRAPNEL:
--Baseball has long been replaced
by gossip and celebrity worship as “America’s Passtime.” And people often
complain about how long it takes to play an MLB game. To speed things up,
the leagues proposed a pitch clock and time limits on the mound which the
players have rejected.
--In other sports news, NCAA
President Mark "nuclear option" Emmert says he wants to see college
basketball “cleaned up before the start of the next season.” How about a more
realistic goal like “before the start of the next century?” Oh, and Emmy,
baby, what about college football?
I’m Wes Richards. My
opinions are my own but you’re welcome to them. ®
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