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You’re getting downvotes for no good reason (disagreement is a bad reason). I quite strongly agree with you btw. The fact that Charlie Rose is held up as some
by abritinthebay 9y ago
You’re getting downvotes for no good reason (disagreement is a bad reason).
I quite strongly agree with you btw. The fact that Charlie Rose is held up as some high standard of interviews should be an inditement of the entire profession in the US because he - compared to actual maters like David Frost, Louis Theroux, and so on - is quite poor.
It was his format that was great, not him.
- ghostcluster 9y agoHe pioneered that format, pursued great guests, gave them the space to convey their thoughts in long form, structured the arc of the interviews to pull good stuff out of people over time, and worked relentlessly. And unlike Gross, he kept his own politics closer to his chest, which, in combination with everything else, gave him access to everyone. Who else is out there from a younger generation on the way up? Weirdly enough, like the other person said, the Hot Ones guy is the closest I can think of. Maybe someone from the podcast realm, but it's hard to think of someone with the range and intellect. I guess it will be a more fractious world.
- abritinthebay 9y agoThat format is about 60 years old. It wasn’t new when Frost/Nixon was a thing. I agree it would be nicer very to have more of that kind of content but it doesn’t make him very good at it - just one of the only ones doing it