Okay, so I just read
this article, about The Daily Shows lack of women, and how the show can be sexist sometimes.
It's true, The Daily Show needs more females on the show, and it's dissapointing to hear about their history with women, it really is. It's a big problem, and it's important to adress.
But that wasn't really what caught my attention in this article.
It was the stories about Jon being a jerk; throwing scripts at someone, having feuds with people, being full of joyless rage backstage, and generally not seeming like a very kind boss, that distracted me from the article's overall point.
If this is true? then it breaks my heart. I love Jon I really do, so much, but this is just so dissapointing to hear, especially when you hear about how well Stephen treats his cast and crew. Is Jon really like this? I mean, of course he is different from when he is on camera, but I did not expect this to be the case.
I feel like a bad feminist/woman because this is what I'm focusing on instead of the
patriarchal ways of our culture, but I need to get over my fangirl heart-break before I can deal with any of that .
I really hope this article is disengenious, in regards of how Jon Stewart is like, because if it isn't? then I have definitely lost some respect for the man.
Lets hope that he really isn't like this article describes him to be.
I really can't imagine this to be true and I hope it isn't.
ETA: someone wrote this on TDS's forum on TWOP: "
This doesn't fit at all with what I know. A relative of mine has actually met him and says that both he and his wife are some of the nicest people my relative had met in show business. Granted, this is strictly hearsay, but hearsay from a source I very much trust. I suspect some of what happens is that these people simply aren't cutting it and it just so happens that they're female. I've seen Lauren Weedman on other programs. She's a staple on VH1 and she's not funny.
As for Jon supposedly throwing a script, it's probably true. But haven't we all reacted in a way we later wish we hadn't? Given that it's not a story he tells or anything, I believe that if it did happen he's certainly not proud of it. And I also bet that he was feeling a lot of pressure back then because he wasn't American Sweetheart Jon Stewart, he was Dude With A Basic Cable Show Jon Stewart."
http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=c764568ac67138eee741002ff1803878&showtopic=1162733&pid=13027500&st=39840&#entry13027500.
So yeah, I don't know.
ETA 2: Oh you guys; leave it to you to get some Jon-love up in this bitch:').<333
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