![]() Back in the dumbfounded press room, Bee quips, “It’s true, we’re all witches.” Maybe just a little bit of magic (wink).” In contrast to her unfazed attitude, we are then suddenly flashed-back to a satirical candle-lit Black Mass sequence where Bee shrieks directly into the camera with dishevelled hair and a Rosemary Baby-ish nightgown, possessed and distorted by young white males in suits who zap her with lightening bolts. To her credit, she’s is using more than physicality she uniquely interacts with her environment in a way that she couldn’t if she was stuck behind a desk, a la The Daily Show.įor example, Bee’s zinger of a pilot opens with a mock press conference where she is assailed by questions purely based on her gender (by mostly male journalists): “Is it hard breaking into the boys club?” “How can I watch your show as a man?” “Do you have a problem with your ovaries falling out, or anything?” Finally, a valid question is posed: “Sam, what did you have to differently to make this show a reality?”īut just before can reply, the journalist snidely adds: “As a woman?” Without losing a beat, Bee shoots back breezily, “Okay, you know what it took? Hard work, a great team. Hosts like Conan O’Brien, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert use lavish sets from time to time, but none of them embed their bits into tangible environments as deftly as Bee does. Her wicked one-liners - also due in part to her brilliant head writer Jo Miller - are highlighted by a creative and effective use of props, the likes of which we haven’t seen on TV since Whose Line Is it Anyway?, and that was a one-shot gimmick. presidential election, but she weighs in on a slew of hot topics like abortion, gun control, race relations, and gay rights. Not only does Bee entertain us with scathingly incisive commentary on the upcoming U.S. ![]() It’s the only female-hosted late night show, and its host is armed with likability and impeccable comic timing. It’s official: Samantha Bee’s sharply scripted Full Frontal is definitively disrupting TVland. ![]()
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