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Meet the Press with Kristen Welker (2023)
Why Interview the constant liars?
There is a difference between policy disagreements and flat out lies. To many MAGA Republican guest flat out lie.
I just watched Tom Cotton lie and lie and lie. I had to fast forward to the nest segment to keep from throwing up. These people are flat out evil.
Another complaint is when a guest says Biden Policies has ruined the country, Kristen doesn't ask the guest to name those policies and how they have ruined the county. She just lets the lie float out there without challenging it.
Another issue is the lack of differentiation between Mallory McMorrow Christians and the right-wing fake Christian christofascists who are using government to force their "values" on everyone else. Some of the Red states in this country are a complete embarrassment, and yet When does Kristen call that out?
Murdoch Mysteries (2008)
I lov ethis show, but...
I am watching season 14 and this being a period piece, they would not be saying the completely ignorant "try and..."
I see this horrible garbage in way to much dialogue. The writers need to be horse whipped.
From Benjamin Dreyer, Chief Copyeditor at Random House Publishing.
"If you try and do something, someone will immediately tell you to try to do it, so you might as well just try to do it so no one will yell at you."
Dreyer, Benjamin. Dreyer's English (p. 164). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
If you stop to think about it, how does "try and" make any logical sense?
From Grammar Girl - Try to Versus Try and
"Avoid 'try and' in formal writing. If you use 'and', as in -- I am going to try and call Grammar Girl -- you are separating trying and calling. You are describing two things: trying and calling. When you use 'try to' -- as in I am going to try to call Grammar Girl -- you are using the preposition 'to' to link the trying to the calling."
Another option that works in some cases is to skip try to -- I am going to call Grammar Girl.
True Lies (2023)
Enjoyable but dialogue needs work.
Too much of the dialogue is lame and/or unnecessary.
"You want to know what is icky? Shooting an innocent man in cold blood." Oh please, how many times has this group experienced that? And this is why they are bringing in the Wolf?
"I'll work with anyone who can stop that from happening again." Really? They are going to stop all innocent people from getting killed in cold blood?
"A driverless truck? I mean, these guys are into some next-level stuff." Lame.
"I just want you to try and watch him." Try and... still? When oh when will the ignorance stop!
From Grammar Girl - Try to Versus Try and
"If you use 'and', as in -- I am going to try and call Grammar Girl -- you are separating trying and calling. You are describing two things: trying and calling. When you use 'try to' -- as in I am going to try to call Grammar Girl -- you are using the preposition 'to' to link the trying to the calling."
Another option that works in some cases is to skip try to -- I am going to call Grammar Girl.
From Benjamin Dreyer, Chief Copyeditor at Random House Publishing.
"If you try and do something, someone will immediately tell you to try to do it, so you might as well just try to do it so no one will yell at you."
Dreyer, Benjamin. Dreyer's English (p. 164). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
As professional writers, we should work to make the language better.
The Offer (2022)
I love the show but hate the ignorant dialogue
What is the matter with writers these days. Back then people didn't use the completely ignorant phrase 'try and..." as in "You're still gonna try and make this thing?"
This happens in old period pieces way too much. Didn't today's writer's go to school to learn grammar?
If you stop to think about it, how does "try and" make any logical sense?
From Grammar Girl - Try to Versus Try and
If you use "and", as in -- I am going to try and call Grammar Girl -- you are separating trying and calling. You are describing two things: trying and calling. When you use "try to" -- as in I am going to try to call Grammar Girl -- you are using the preposition "to" to link the trying to the calling.
Another option that works in some cases is to skip try to -- I am going to call Grammar Girl
As professional writers, we should work to make the language better.
Oh Wait! You need an education to do that.
FBI: Most Wanted (2020)
Dylan McDermit Bad replacement
Dylan is too fresh off of playing the major bad guy on Law & Order Organized Crime to slot in here. The dialogue written for him is too trite. I just can't get over the major bad guy playing the major good guy so soon.
Bad casting. I like him but not in this role at this time.
I am removing FBI: Most Wanted from my Watch list on HULU.