TV Land's new late night news/chat fest Throwing Shade has a noticeable, glaring omission -- as people on Twitter have been pointing out since the show debuted this week: Based on Erin Gibson and Bryan Safi's 5-year-old podcast, Throwing Shade's very good schtick -- a gay dude and his female buddy dish on current events, politics and pop culture, as well as LGBTQ and women's issues -- works. Bits like "Have You Heard of This Bitch?" (with bitch used as a term of endearment, in keeping with the gay tradition of subverting and reclaiming language), which praises amazing women, offers up a unique point of view in a crowded late-night commentary landscape. Pushing back against homophobia and sexism is part of the show's mission, but sadly, there's no refutation of racial discrimination to be found in the premiere -- or people of color, for that matter, save for a quick mention of Hidden Figures. In an era where "cultural appropriation" has worked its way into the everyday lexicon and a megastar like Katy Perry can reference high-minded social topics like intersectionality and "misogynoir" to her 95 million Twitter followers, the absence of people of color here seems...
Tv Land's Throwing Shade Is Great, Except For One Little Thing
By Malcolm Venable, TV GUIDE, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Entertainment
Thu, 01/19/2017 - 7:09pm
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