TheGreenKnight

I had checked into the opening of yesterday's show since I was hopeful Joy might be moderating, but unfortunately Whoopi was back already. And Ana wasn't there either? With Sara becoming more and more gross (going by today's show), too, that makes it even less likely I'd ever watch Monday's. Joy's comments about the Chrisleys were 👏-worthy. So true.

Since you replied to me, I'll just say... She hasn't been interrupted by Sunny for several weeks, as far as I recall, instead she was the one doing the interrupting for a while there until the day she attacked Sunny and Sunny put her in her place. Joy looks a bit like Lainie Kazan today. Sara sounds so dumb talking about how they "need" young people in charge when, as Alyssa pointed out herself, young voters just came out for them in droves. Sara is just coming across very fake to me this season.

A shame Sunny couldn't be there for the Gurira interview. I loved Gurira as Michonne on The Walking Dead long before Black Panther, but she was a standout in the latter, too. Alyssa was surprisingly truthful about McCarthy's razor-thin majority and how that means he'll be controlled by a fringe for their every whim. I agreed with Joy that that will most likely backfire on them in the end.

This. 👏👏👏 Not much of note to say about today's show other than it was a good one. I agreed with Ana that we shouldn't treat Trump too lightly. Sunny actually had the funniest moment to me, rare for her, when she was talking about how she and Manny spent all of their savings going through round after round of IVF: "That's why I always say they literally owe me everything." 😄

The best scenes of this one were the ending with Louis protecting Claudia (and getting the hell beaten out of himself because of it) and also the one just before that where Claudia is watching from afar as Louis is crying, with the narration of her finally understanding why she was made into a vampire--to replace Louis' family. 😢 She wasn't wanted for her own sake by Lestat, but at least she can empathize with Louis' loneliness and loss considering the tragedy of her own existence, never being able to be a woman fully.

To the point about Louis framing his relationship with Armand differently than the one with Lestat--it makes sense considering Lestat is in some ways a parent to him (as far as being the one who made him a vampire), and that even includes a power imbalance--Lestat knowing everything while Louis is still learning, Lestat being able to fly and likely being stronger because he's from an older generation of vampires, etc. While I didn't think Armand and Louis had much chemistry together--I love the actor for Armand.

I had got behind, so only watched these last four episodes this past Sunday night. I wasn't sure I liked the actress for Claudia to begin with, but that ending monologue was so good. I honestly thought this episode had implied

From what I remember, Sara was reacting to Alyssa saying DeSantis couldn't pull off folksy, kissing babies, etc. The exact quote was, "Kissing babies?! I don't trust anybody who can't kiss babies."

I'm sure Whoopi will be okay since she's vaccinated. The silver lining is we'll get two weeks of shows without her. I agreed with Ana this morning about people counting their eggs before they've hatched in regards to DeSantis, particularly when she brought up the last Florida politician who everyone though would be the nominee / president for sure (Rubio). Rubio beat a better candidate by a margin not much different than DeSantis' last week, too. Ana bringing back the recurring ghosts bit with Joy made me laugh.

Is Whoopi any of those things? Sunny would be better than her. But, personally, aside from the fact that it was unfair to Sunny, I was sort of glad to see Sara was the moderator just because the moderator always gets to speak less than the others. Sara contributes the least, I'd much rather hear Ana and Sunny talk than her. Too bad Joy didn't come in to moderate today though; they had to know Whoopi would be off ahead of time. Or maybe Whoopi came in today and tested positive at the door?

I think it's sort of a draw between Eleanor and Michelle (and at least one other First Lady). One could argue, aside from racism and the current political era adding to the level of awfulness in the attacks against her, Michelle was attacked in such a way despite not being too active in the political arena herself the way Eleanor Roosevelt was.

Good show today. Not much else to say, no fireworks or anything. The Woodward interview could've been longer, but it was good as it was, too. Thankfully, no View Your Deal since they did that on Whoopi's birthday. What a relief.

Boring show today, but it wasn't as bad as I usually expect Whoopi's birthday show to be, actually. I liked Sunny's hair--I like when it's put up like that--but those boa arm pieces or whatever, whew. I guess they gave her that to wear because they looked "festive" or something, lol. Whoopi has always been Whoopi's favorite subject.

Other than Joy, my feelings about the co-hosts have shifted a lot over a very short period of time. Ana and Sunny were getting on my nerves at the end of the last season, but now I've been fine with them the past few weeks and Sara's been taking the crown as the most annoying one for me of the three. (I don't include Whoopi and Alyssa because I don't like them on a normal day.) As for Whoopi's comments about polls today, actually... The polls ended up being mostly correct? It's only people were afraid that the polls would be within the margin of error in the same direction as it was in 2020. As bluegirl said, nothing bad. Alyssa's attitude from yesterday seems to have evaporated...heh. She did get booed by the audience for suggesting Biden should step down despite the results though. LOL

Alyssa's not as bad as McCain--as far as how she speaks goes, not what she says--that's always been true. (That is a very low bar.) But she has interrupted Sunny 3 or 4 times over the past week... If Sunny didn't let her have the last word this time because Alyssa was coming at her, I don't have sympathy for Alyssa. She started drama and got what she deserved.

I'll have to disagree with you there, I don't see her comments as problematic in any way, shape, or form. If anything was problematic from last week, it was Sara's comments on Tuesday, not Sunny's comments. But of course, Sara isn't being called out for those, whereas Sunny is knocked for anything and everything. I guess Sunny should take that as a sign she's doing something right otherwise Alyssa and Sara wouldn't be so threatened by her.

Yeah... If you don't simply come at the conversation already knowing that Alyssa is just a snake and you simply took her at her word, it would make her sound very stupid. I've heard a similar expression ("chickens voting for Colonel Sanders")--if Sunny had used that instead, would Alyssa have felt Sunny was insulting her by calling her a chicken?? 🤣

The irony of Alyssa (of the Trump Administration) quoting Michelle Obama to Sunny after she--not Sunny--went after someone deliberately for something that they said last week, misquoting them purposefully, attempting to label them "far left" simultaneously, etc. I believe "far right" is an accurate descriptor of Alyssa because we know her history whereas "far left" doesn't fit Sunny considering her conservative positions on relationships and abortion or the names she's supported in politics on the show for years. And bobblehead Sara nodding along can f*** off, too.

Good for Sunny! F*** Alyssa for lying and f*** Whoopi for trying to keep Sunny from defending herself. The only thing I think Sunny should've said is "You're lying, just like you've done every day you've been on this show." I mean, since Alyssa already attacked Sunny personally, what's good for one is good for the other. But you could tell Sunny was trying to use a different word than "liar," and instead said she's twisting her words.

Joy's "Just put an ankle monitor on him already!" had me rolling, it even made Sunny laugh. TBH, I agreed with Sunny on that topic... I think renting your husband out to women who are most likely single and potentially lonely to help them around the house definitely has the potential to open a can of worms. If a man's gonna cheat, he's gonna cheat regardless, but opening the door wide open to opportunity like that probably isn't wise either... Not often, but this week Sara has been fully off the rails in a way she never has been before. She was extremely hostile to Sunny again today (even when they were talking about Taylor Swift of all things 🙄 ), and I agreed with Ana and Sunny both that her and Alyssa's attempt to bothsides every issue is dangerous because it clouds the public's ability to discern anything. Which we know, of course, is obviously Alyssa's end-goal, she's made that pretty clear, but it's pretty disgraceful of Sara to help her along. Anyway, Sara becoming a piece of work is just another confirmation for me that this show will go down the tubes without Joy. She's the only one there who gets along with everyone apparently, the linchpin that's holding this panel together despite the clear fault lines between the others. Without her, Whoopi, Sara, and Alyssa will go after Sunny to get her fired pretty fast. If Sunny goes, I think Ana would also leave considering she's closer to Sunny than the others and she doesn't need this show, then The View will devolve back to Whoopi and the Whoopettes (of which Sara already is one) and down the drain they'll go.

This is the third show now that Alyssa has overtalked Sunny, and then when she's done, Sara jumps in to tag team Sunny afterwards. I'm getting tired of this show's double standards. If you supposedly want everyone to be able to speak on this show, then let Sunny finish her points without talking over her as much as you do Alyssa. And after the hostility from Sara towards Sunny these past two shows, Sara can f*** off altogether, imo. Even despite all that against her, Sunny got several good shots out anyway, which is probably the reason they're trying to dogpile her every day now. "Roaches voting for Raid." 😄

She was more gross than she's ever been on the show before, she was very hostile to Sunny. I think the show is forcing her to fill the Abby role to Alyssa, tbh. They were talking about Affirmative Action. You can probably guess from there. Alyssa and Joy mostly stayed out of it, although Joy did read a quote by Clarence Thomas from the '80s when he was saying how much he benefited from Affirmative Action to highlight his hypocrisy. Truly a case of shutting the door to the people coming behind you. Anyway, Sunny also said she had benefited from Affirmative Action and that, despite the smears that it gives advantages to people who don't have the grades, she had a 4.0 GPA. Sara made the whole discussion about race even though, as Whoopi pointed out, the group most benefited by it were White women... I agreed with Whoopi actually, Affirmative Action was simply about overcoming bias in the process, where the usual groups are often denied even when they have the same grades to deserve entry and that isn't simply a case of racial bias but also bias based on gender, class, and so on.

Since Joy was on, I checked out Monday and the costumes were actually pretty good. I thought Ana looked the best. Seemed like today's show ended up being mostly about spousal pain or grief going from the discussion of the brutal attack of Pelosi's husband to Boseman's widow and then Griner's wife back-to-back.

To me, she played Joy almost like a female Larry David. 😄

This was definitely the best episode of this season, but I knew it would be stronger than the others with Cecily back. The opening, the 2020 Part 2: 2024 skit, and the View skit were all really good, for me at least. The only clunker was the Joker wedding skit, I hated that one. I wouldn't mind if they did View skits more often since I thought Nwodim and Sherman nailed Whoopi and Joy, respectively. The last time the show did them that well was Fred Armisen as Joy and Kenan as Whoopi, although Aidy Bryant as Meghan McCain was hilarious. I only knew him from being on Lil Nas X's song, "Industry Baby." He was better than I expected, tbh. Looking forward to Amy Schumer next week!