Emmy Opening in Poor Taste?

Hairy Lime

Hairy Lime

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49 people die on a plane in Lexington KY Sunday morning. A little over 12 hours later NBC opens the Emmy's with a plane crash skit. How could they *not* change their opening?

Begin with Conan coming out of the water on the LOST island ... the show is popular enough that most viewers will get it without the poor taste opening skit.

Am I being too sensitive?

Thoughts?
 
Good questions Harry

I suppose executives could have pulled the plug if they weren't preoccupied with snorting cocaine off their strippers breast'.
 
nah.

I don't understand why people get so upset by these things.

It's not like theye were intentionally trying to offend people.

Not like this, anyways:

Super Trooper said:
One known survivor?

Interesting...


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Now that's pretty %!#*ing offensive.

That whole emmy skit is tame by comparison. Hell, I might even call it sensitive by comparison.

So, now everyone can get off the networks backs and hop on to mine. :thumbsup:
 
Super Trooper said:
nah.

I don't understand why people get so upset by these things.
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Yeah. Me either.

Captain Jeffrey Clay
First Officer James Polehinke (survivor)
Flight Attendant Kelly Heyer
Rebecca Adams
Christina Anderson
Lyle Anderson
Anne Marie Bailey
Bobbi Sue Benton
Jesse Clark Benton
Carole Bizzack
Brian Byrd
Homer L. Combs
Karen Diane Adams Combs
Fenton Dawson
Thomas Fahey
Mike Finley
Clarence "C.W." Fortney
Wade Frederick
Hollie Gilbert
Erik J. Harris
Jonathan Hooker
Scarlett Parsley Hooker
Priscilla Johnson
Nahoko Kono
Tetsuya Kono
Charles M. Lykins
Dan Mallory
Lynda J. McKee
Robert I. Meaux Jr.
Kaye Craig Morris
Leslie W. Morris II
Judy Rains
Michael N. Ryan
Jane Silas
Patrick Smith
Timothy K. Snoddy
Marcie Thomason
Greg Threet
Randy D. Towles
Dr. Larry W. Turner
Victoria Washington
Paige M. Winters
Joann Wright
Ms. Betty B. Young
 
Mike McNeese said:
Bad timing. I don't think they could have changed the beginning of the show that fast. Can't blame 'em.
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They were airing a LIVE program. How did they not have time? I understand the skit was pre-recorded, but that doesn't mean it had to be aired in its entirety, or at all.
 
Super Trooper said:
nah.

I don't understand why people get so upset by these things.

It's not like theye were intentionally trying to offend people.
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You left off the bottom portion, which indicated that I was talking about instances in which people get sand in their vaginas when a movie or tv show contains an event that mirrors an event in real life.

By cutting off the second line, your making it seem as if I'm saying "who cares that all those people died". But, I guess that wasn't your intention though. :)
 
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In response to your justification, it's not about intention, it's about sensitivity. The Emmy skit aired a little over 12 hours after the first jet air disaster in the US in nearly 5 years. Had the crash occurred weeks or months before the Emmy's it might not have been so bad, but the very day 49 people lost their lives? Very poor choice.
 
Well, Conan had to get on that island somehow. If it had been by any other way than by plane, it would have been stupid.

Your right though. 12 hours. Not much time for a reshoot. Of course they could have the beginning cut out, but then the rest wouldn't have made much sense.

It's a pretty hilarious video in spite of the "sensitivity issue" anyways.

Should they have just dumped the entire spot and wasted all that time and money?

No. Then the terrorists- err- plane crash incidents would be winning. By going ahead with the spot, we are saying that we are moving on.

And that's all that really matters.
 
There is ALWAYS something going on in the world.

If you're going to be offended by a skit on the Emmy's, you're going to be offended by everything that people do, all the time, every time.

Overly sensitive?
Yes.
 
when i was young said:
There is ALWAYS something going on in the world.

If you're going to be offended by a skit on the Emmy's, you're going to be offended by everything that people do, all the time, every time.

Overly sensitive?
Yes.
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I couldn't agree more. That sums it up perfectly for me.
 
It was bad timing. I probably wouldn't have cut it either. It's not like the skit was specifically about that crash. There will always be someone to take offense at anything.
 
Woke up this morning to Fox News covering this "story". Attacking the Emmy's for not being sensitive, but then they went on to show why they really gave a damn. They were pissed that there were 2 jokes in the Emmy's making fun of the glory that is Fox News.

Someone will always get their panties in bunch if it gets them publicity, fills air time, or advances their agenda. The reason Fox News cares is covered above, anyone else who gives a damn is too busy grieving to watch the Emmy's or give a F what some stupid comedy skit does.

Either we live in serious times and don't want to have a sense of humor about the tragedy that occurs around us AND don't have time to waste getting offended over trival pop culture or we don't. You can't have it both ways.

That same air time FNC wasted getting all upset over the Emmy's could have been spent showing us ways to help the family's of the victims or maybe doing some hard journalism on airline safty. Not recycled terrorist crap but how about a story on how our skies are full of planes that are 10 years or longer past their safe lifespan.

I know 24 hours is a lot of airtime to fill but stop invented crap for us to get freak out about. It is condescending and hurtful to our souls.

Jon Stewart on Crossfire, "We need help from the media and your hurting us...Please stop!"
 
That skit was hilarious! It would be extremely ridiculous to change it because of 49 unrelated plane crash deaths. The crash was sad and unfortunate, but we should be a little more understanding and not be so offended.

When I was in highschool people were cry babies about this stuff all the time. Once, in a comedic commercial I made, a guy was going through a day of misfortunes. He is late, gets stuck in traffic, gets splashed by water, dumped on with hot coffee, and finally is hit by a car. Like a cartoon, he is soon back up and running around. The skit goes on to conclude (with the character alive of course), and when i went to air it on the school's morning television broadcast, the media director almost canned the whole project because over a year previous a student was hit and killed by a car.... everyone who watched the commercial didn't even think twice about it, but laughed out loud.

Just because people die in plane and car crashes doesn't mean we can never have a plane or car crash in comedic media.

Those offended are the ones that can't tell the difference between real life, and a comedic parody of popular television shows.

I am a very tolerant person, but I hate seeing creative media censored.
 
I'm sorry guys. I understand people died in a plane crash but I don't personally feel it is offensive. It wasn't about that paticular plane crash.I think this country is getting a little to "politically correct". If the plane crash had never happened I could still turn around and say it was offensive to other plane crash victims. I mean, what are we supposed to do? Restrict everything? This is like painting out frames from tom and jerry.

It's life. Of course I don't know anyone who died in the plane crash. However, I do not feel it is insensitive of the emmy's, because then I'd have to go and say everything about a plane crashing is insensitive which clearly can be done with humour.

*agrees with prodigy*
 
wabbit said:
Jon Stewart on Crossfire, "We need help from the media and your hurting us...Please stop!"
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I love Jon's quote: "CNN your leading source of AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

Anyone running the story of the Emmy's being offensive was having a slow news day.... Apparently not enough people were killed in the middle east that day. News media makes me sick sometimes.

Discussing whether the emmy's skit was offensive is more like water cooler chat, not Network News Coverage.
 
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