Pete Buttigieg on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ and the Vacuum of Leadership on TV (Column)
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variety.comThe months ahead may put — more strongly than in our lifetimes so far — the adage “the show must go on” to the test, and may indeed break it for good.
One example: Pete Buttigieg’s booking as the guest host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” just as talk shows began their process of shedding audiences before shutting entirely for an indefinite period in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.
Buttigieg, the former Democratic presidential hopeful, was booked before the crisis roared into its current phase. He gamely took part in an attenuated show, one with a small audience comprised of “Kimmel” staffers and Buttigieg entourage members, all whooping as loud as they could to make up for the empty chairs between them.
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