Ziwe - Season 2 Episo 6, Gay Pri! | SHOWTIME

Contents:

• GAY PRI!
• ZIWE "AM I GAY?" OFFICIAL MIC VIO
• ZIWE: GAY PRI! (S2EP6 SHOWTIME SUN JUNE 5, 2022)
• ZIWE’S TALK SHOW IS BEATG THE JIMMYS AT THEIR OWN GAMEICONIC HOSTLATE-NIGHT TV HAS BEE CREASGLY BORG AND POTLS. ZIWE ISN’T JT SATIRIZG THOSE STALE TES ON HER SHOWTIME TALK SHOW. SHE’S SETTG THEM ON FIRE.VERONI PHILLIPSPUBLISHED JUN. 08, 2022 5:00AM EDT SHOWTIMEI FOUND ZIWE LIKE SO MANY DID, THROUGH THE VIRAL CLIPS THAT NSISTENTLY MAKE ROUNDS ON TWTER. THE CLIPS ALL HAVE THE SAME VIBE: ZIWE, LOOKG NSISTENTLY BETIFUL THE TRENDIT FASHN AND FULL GLAM, STG HER ENTIRELY LENNIAL-PK TALK SHOW SET, STAR DOWN A SQUIRMG CELEBRY. ZIWE IS NOT JT ASKG THE HARD QUTNS, BUT THE IMPOSSIBLE ON. HER GUTS’ MENTS ARE TAKEN OUT OF NTEXT, MISQUOTED THE CHYRONS PLASTERED BENEATH THEM, AND EDED AWKWARDLY AS THEY TRY TO TALK ABOUT THE BIG ISSU. TO AGREE TO BE ON ZIWE IS TO AGREE TO LOOK BAD, THE VERY OPPOSE OF A TRADNAL TALK SHOW SET-UP.IN THE WORLD OF ZIWE (AND IS, ED, HER WORLD: ALL CREDS THE OPENG TL—STARRG, PRODUCG, MIL PERFORMANC, NSULTG—ARE ATTRIBUTED TO HERSELF), CELEBRI ARE FORCED TO S THE HOT SEAT AND STAY THERE. ZIWE IS READY TO TAKE THE RICH AND FAMO DOWN A PEG—STARG OUTWARD OM HER GEO GRAPHIC EYELER AT HER UNFORTABLE GUT, AN OFTEN DISBELIEVG SE ACROSS HER FACE, OOZG A PERSONA OF EXTREME, UNSHAKABLE NFINCE. SHE LIGHTS STUME JEWELRY, PK X RDS, IMPOSSIBLY TALL HEELS.AS CELEBRI BEE CREASGLY SPERATE TO BRAND THEMSELV AS GOOD PEOPLE, THE TALK SHOW STAGE HAS BEE A SPACE TO VIRTUE SIGNAL AN UNCRIL SPOTLIGHT, BUOYED BY JIMMY FALLON’S REPETIVE SIGNATURE CKLE, JAM CORN’S EXCLAMATORY TERPTNS, OR, UNTIL RECENTLY, ELLEN DEGENER’ WELL-DOCUMENTED FX KDNS RERVED ONLY FOR IMPORTANT CELEBRI AN OTHERWISE HIGHLY TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT. ZIWE IS A BREATH OF H AIR, AN ANTIDOTE TO THE DRAG TALK SHOW CYCLE. SHOWTIME ZIWE IS NOT THE FIRST SHOW TO SATIRIZE TALK SHOW ATHETICS (THE NIHILISTIC, TORTUO THE ERIC ANDRE SHOW, NNG NOW FOR SIX SEASONS, TO MD IMMEDIATELY), BUT ZIWE’S POLISHED SHEEN AND S SIARI FORM TO MORE TRADNAL TALK SHOWS (THE NICE SET, THE WEIRD THEMATIC GAM, THE SKETCH, SONGS, AND OPENG MONOLOGU THAT CENTER ZIWE AS OUR HOST AND GUI) N PARALLEL TO, AND MORE OBVLY SKEWER, WHAT N BE SO EXASPERATG ABOUT THE VAR OKIE-CUTTER TALK SHOWS OF RIGHT NOW.BORG GAM AND KARAOKE ARE REPLACED ON ZIWE WH GAM LIKE “WHO IS THE WOKT ALLY?” OR “HISTORIL TOPS OR BOTTOMS.” POLIL STANC OM CELEBRI ARE OFTEN BLEEPED OUT (WHEN EY RATAJKOWSKI CRIQU THE OBAMAS, FOR EXAMPLE, HER MOUTH IS BLURRED, WH A PTN UNRNEATH READG “SORRY TO THE OBAMA FAY, SEE YOU AT THE ROC NATN BNCH. IDK WHAT’S WRONG WH LENA DUNHAM’S IEND”), WHILE TERVIEWS WH POLIL FIGUR ARE OFTEN GIVEN WH THE SAME ARCHED EYEBROW THAT SHE WOULD GIVE TO A CELEBRY (“DO YOU HAVE ANY STANCE ON APARTHEID? YAY, NAY? COOL, NO?” ZIWE NEEDL ANDREW YANG).IN THE NEWT SEASON, GUTS ARE ENURAGED TO PARTAKE THE “APOLOGY CAM”, WH LEVELS OF APOLOGY RANKG OM “SORRY” TO “ATONE”. SOME DO BETTER THAN OTHERS—CHET HANKS FLAT-OUT REF TO APOLOGIZE FOR HIS PATOIS DIALECT APPROPRIATN, ILANA GLAZER SEEMS ACTUALLY TERTED TAKG ACUNTABILY FOR HER BROAD CY “YAS QUEEN” B, DRAG QUEEN KATYA ZAMOLODCHIKOVA GO FOR A BROAD, UNEQUIVOL, IRONIC APOLOGY AFTER SHE ATTEMPTS TO DO A LIP SYNC TO MART LUTHER KG JR.’S “I HAVE A DREAM” SPEECH. ZIWE BLANKLY NODS ALONG TO ALL OF THEM—THERE’S NO WNG. DPE HER CURATED PERSONA OF GLAMORO SELF-CENTEREDNS, ZIWE SEEMS GENUELY TERTED UPLIFTG THE VOIC SHE WORKS WH. WHERE JAM CORN N’T EVEN NAME THE MERAMEN HE WORKS WH EVERY NIGHT, ZIWE REGULARLY BRGS HER WRERS, PRODUCERS, AND CREW TO THE FOREONT OF HER SHOW. SURE, ’S OFTEN TO ACCE THEM OF BEG PROBLEMATIC A SEGMENT SHE LLS “BEHD THE WRER’S STUD”, WHERE ZIWE MAK HER STAFF WRERS EXPLA THEMSELV FOR RISKIER SKETCH, BUT THEIR BANTER REVEALS A SENSE OF NNECTIVE AND MUNAL ENERGY THEIR CREATIVE PROCS.AS THE MOST RECENT AND PARTICULARLY LIGHTFUL PRI THEMED EPISO SHOWS, SPE ZIWE’S “ALL-ABOUT-ME” RA, HER PERSONA ACTUALLY ENSUR WE KNOW LTLE ABOUT THE REAL ZIWE AT ALL—A TTAMENT TO HER CURATED CHARACTER. IN THE OPENG TERVIEW WH DRAG QUEEN KATYA, KATYA ASKS OF ZIWE, “ARE YOU GAY?” ZIWE STAR HER DOWN CHALLENGGLY: “AM I GAY?” THIS EXCHANGE BE THEMATIC FOR THE WHOLE PRI SHOW: A SONG LLED “QUEER BA” SUNG BY ZIWE, FOLLOWED BY THE OCSNAL ASK OM A FELLOW WRER OR TERVIEWEE ABOUT HER SEXUALY. IT’S NEVER CLARIFIED. BEE ZIWE, AT LEAST THE SULATED WORLD OF HER SHOW, DON’T HAVE TO EXPLA HERSELF, DON’T EVEN HAVE TO BE THENTIC. EVERYONE ELSE IS TO BE HELD RPONSIBLE, TO ANSWER FOR THEMSELV.FOR ZIWE’S NON-SATIRIL TALK SHOW NTEMPORARI, THE FORMAT N FEEL LIKE A SPACE OF UNCRIL PRAISE, AN ECHO CHAMBER OF A PLETE LACK OF SELF-AWARENS. ONE ONLY HAS TO WATCH THE BRIEF CLIP OF PARIS HILTON AND JIMMY FALLON BLANDLY SCRIBG THEIR NEW BORED APE NFTS TO EXPLIBLE APPLSE TO FEEL THE NEAR EXISTENTIAL EMPTS OF THE SHOWS. HILTON SS BEFORE THE DIENCE, SPEWG BUZZWORDS; SHE’S SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE MUNY, SHE LIK TO BE A VOICE AND SHARE HER PLATFORM TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT NFTS. IT’S JT KILLER, A NEAR PERFECT ENPSULATN TO SHOW HOW LTLE ALL MEANS, HOW FAR WE HAVE FALLEN OM THE DAYS WHEN TALK SHOWS HAD AT LEAST THE GOAL OF BOOSTG TALENT, MAKG ACTUALLY LGH à LA CONAN, OR KEEPG GUTS ON THEIR TO à LA LETTERMAN’S SPICIER, MORE NEEDLG STYLE. WHERE OTHER TALK SHOW HOSTS AND FORMATS SEEM TERMED TO GIVE NOTHG, ZIWE IS ALWAYS READY TO GIVE HER ALL—OM HER FASHN CHOIC TO HER PEPPY, ALL-OUT DANCE PERFORMANC, TO HER READS TO PULL QUTNABLE RECEIPTS ON ANY GUT AT ANY MOMENT. BY EXTENSN, THOSE CELEBRI THAT AGREE TO APPEAR ON HER SHOW STANTLY SEEM MORE SELF-AWARE AND, ALMOST PARADOXILLY, LIKE NICER, FUNNIER, OLER PEOPLE THAN THOSE APPEARG ON MORE TRADNAL TALK SHOWS. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, ONE AWAY OM AN EPISO FEELG THAT THE CELEBRI WILLG TO GO ON ZIWE AND PLAY BY HER L—THE LIK OF A FERENTIAL ILANA GLAZER OR AN IRONIC, SLIGHTLY STIFF, VERY FUNNY APPEARANCE OM PHOEBE BRIDGERS—ARE MORE CHARMG THAN ANYTHG. SHOWTIME ZIWE IS SHARP AS N BE, TRENDILY UP-TO-DATE, TERTED TALKG ABOUT THE BIG ISSU HER OWN WKG, HOT-GIRL WAY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, SHE ALSO TAPS TO SOMETHG SO LACKG MORN TALK SHOWS—THE ABILY TO ROAST CELEBRI, TO POT TO THE RIDICULONS OF THEIR VERY EXISTENCE. ZIWE CREAT A SPACE WHERE THE HIGHLY PRIVILEGED PEOPLE NNOT W.I LIGHT THE MOST BASIC TES OF ZIWE—HER SILENT GAZG OUT AT A TENSE GUT, HER IRONIC LOVE OF GIRLBOSSERY, HER REFAL TO ANSWER TO ANYONE. ZIWE DON’T NECSARILY SEEM VTED CHANGG THE GAME OR DISMANTLG THE SYSTEM. IT’S A SHOW MORE TERTED CREATG SOME TANGIBLE DISFORT, FOR ONE FLEETG MOMENT, AMONG THE RICH AND FAMO. THEIR LIV ARE TOO EASY, THEIR LACK OF CRICISM PUBLIC FOMS LACKG—ZIWE IS HERE TO SETTLE THAT SRE HER OWN DISTCT WAY, AND TO BE HOT AND FUNNY WHILE SHE DO . VERONI PHILLIPS

GAY PRI!

Is Ziwe gay? She’s queerbag you, and you’ll like this week’s new episo of the edian’s satiril talk show, ’s all about Pri and Ziwe is prepared to take pop-mic queerbag to the next level her new mic vio, tled “Am I Gay? ” (For those unfaiar wh the term, queerbag refers to celebri feigng queerns orr to garner a queer followg and, of urse, that sweet sweet gay money.

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ZIWE "AM I GAY?" OFFICIAL MIC VIO

ZIWECast & crewEpiso aired Jun 5, 2022TV-MA30mZiwe explor gay pri and rporate allyship wh drag queen Katya Zamolodchikova and actor Adam Pally.

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ZIWE: GAY PRI! (S2EP6 SHOWTIME SUN JUNE 5, 2022)

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ZIWE’S TALK SHOW IS BEATG THE JIMMYS AT THEIR OWN GAMEICONIC HOSTLATE-NIGHT TV HAS BEE CREASGLY BORG AND POTLS. ZIWE ISN’T JT SATIRIZG THOSE STALE TES ON HER SHOWTIME TALK SHOW. SHE’S SETTG THEM ON FIRE.VERONI PHILLIPSPUBLISHED JUN. 08, 2022 5:00AM EDT SHOWTIMEI FOUND ZIWE LIKE SO MANY DID, THROUGH THE VIRAL CLIPS THAT NSISTENTLY MAKE ROUNDS ON TWTER. THE CLIPS ALL HAVE THE SAME VIBE: ZIWE, LOOKG NSISTENTLY BETIFUL THE TRENDIT FASHN AND FULL GLAM, STG HER ENTIRELY LENNIAL-PK TALK SHOW SET, STAR DOWN A SQUIRMG CELEBRY. ZIWE IS NOT JT ASKG THE HARD QUTNS, BUT THE IMPOSSIBLE ON. HER GUTS’ MENTS ARE TAKEN OUT OF NTEXT, MISQUOTED THE CHYRONS PLASTERED BENEATH THEM, AND EDED AWKWARDLY AS THEY TRY TO TALK ABOUT THE BIG ISSU. TO AGREE TO BE ON ZIWE IS TO AGREE TO LOOK BAD, THE VERY OPPOSE OF A TRADNAL TALK SHOW SET-UP.IN THE WORLD OF ZIWE (AND IS, ED, HER WORLD: ALL CREDS THE OPENG TL—STARRG, PRODUCG, MIL PERFORMANC, NSULTG—ARE ATTRIBUTED TO HERSELF), CELEBRI ARE FORCED TO S THE HOT SEAT AND STAY THERE. ZIWE IS READY TO TAKE THE RICH AND FAMO DOWN A PEG—STARG OUTWARD OM HER GEO GRAPHIC EYELER AT HER UNFORTABLE GUT, AN OFTEN DISBELIEVG SE ACROSS HER FACE, OOZG A PERSONA OF EXTREME, UNSHAKABLE NFINCE. SHE LIGHTS STUME JEWELRY, PK X RDS, IMPOSSIBLY TALL HEELS.AS CELEBRI BEE CREASGLY SPERATE TO BRAND THEMSELV AS GOOD PEOPLE, THE TALK SHOW STAGE HAS BEE A SPACE TO VIRTUE SIGNAL AN UNCRIL SPOTLIGHT, BUOYED BY JIMMY FALLON’S REPETIVE SIGNATURE CKLE, JAM CORN’S EXCLAMATORY TERPTNS, OR, UNTIL RECENTLY, ELLEN DEGENER’ WELL-DOCUMENTED FX KDNS RERVED ONLY FOR IMPORTANT CELEBRI AN OTHERWISE HIGHLY TOXIC WORK ENVIRONMENT. ZIWE IS A BREATH OF H AIR, AN ANTIDOTE TO THE DRAG TALK SHOW CYCLE. SHOWTIME ZIWE IS NOT THE FIRST SHOW TO SATIRIZE TALK SHOW ATHETICS (THE NIHILISTIC, TORTUO THE ERIC ANDRE SHOW, NNG NOW FOR SIX SEASONS, TO MD IMMEDIATELY), BUT ZIWE’S POLISHED SHEEN AND S SIARI FORM TO MORE TRADNAL TALK SHOWS (THE NICE SET, THE WEIRD THEMATIC GAM, THE SKETCH, SONGS, AND OPENG MONOLOGU THAT CENTER ZIWE AS OUR HOST AND GUI) N PARALLEL TO, AND MORE OBVLY SKEWER, WHAT N BE SO EXASPERATG ABOUT THE VAR OKIE-CUTTER TALK SHOWS OF RIGHT NOW.BORG GAM AND KARAOKE ARE REPLACED ON ZIWE WH GAM LIKE “WHO IS THE WOKT ALLY?” OR “HISTORIL TOPS OR BOTTOMS.” POLIL STANC OM CELEBRI ARE OFTEN BLEEPED OUT (WHEN EY RATAJKOWSKI CRIQU THE OBAMAS, FOR EXAMPLE, HER MOUTH IS BLURRED, WH A PTN UNRNEATH READG “SORRY TO THE OBAMA FAY, SEE YOU AT THE ROC NATN BNCH. IDK WHAT’S WRONG WH LENA DUNHAM’S IEND”), WHILE TERVIEWS WH POLIL FIGUR ARE OFTEN GIVEN WH THE SAME ARCHED EYEBROW THAT SHE WOULD GIVE TO A CELEBRY (“DO YOU HAVE ANY STANCE ON APARTHEID? YAY, NAY? COOL, NO?” ZIWE NEEDL ANDREW YANG).IN THE NEWT SEASON, GUTS ARE ENURAGED TO PARTAKE THE “APOLOGY CAM”, WH LEVELS OF APOLOGY RANKG OM “SORRY” TO “ATONE”. SOME DO BETTER THAN OTHERS—CHET HANKS FLAT-OUT REF TO APOLOGIZE FOR HIS PATOIS DIALECT APPROPRIATN, ILANA GLAZER SEEMS ACTUALLY TERTED TAKG ACUNTABILY FOR HER BROAD CY “YAS QUEEN” B, DRAG QUEEN KATYA ZAMOLODCHIKOVA GO FOR A BROAD, UNEQUIVOL, IRONIC APOLOGY AFTER SHE ATTEMPTS TO DO A LIP SYNC TO MART LUTHER KG JR.’S “I HAVE A DREAM” SPEECH. ZIWE BLANKLY NODS ALONG TO ALL OF THEM—THERE’S NO WNG. DPE HER CURATED PERSONA OF GLAMORO SELF-CENTEREDNS, ZIWE SEEMS GENUELY TERTED UPLIFTG THE VOIC SHE WORKS WH. WHERE JAM CORN N’T EVEN NAME THE MERAMEN HE WORKS WH EVERY NIGHT, ZIWE REGULARLY BRGS HER WRERS, PRODUCERS, AND CREW TO THE FOREONT OF HER SHOW. SURE, ’S OFTEN TO ACCE THEM OF BEG PROBLEMATIC A SEGMENT SHE LLS “BEHD THE WRER’S STUD”, WHERE ZIWE MAK HER STAFF WRERS EXPLA THEMSELV FOR RISKIER SKETCH, BUT THEIR BANTER REVEALS A SENSE OF NNECTIVE AND MUNAL ENERGY THEIR CREATIVE PROCS.AS THE MOST RECENT AND PARTICULARLY LIGHTFUL PRI THEMED EPISO SHOWS, SPE ZIWE’S “ALL-ABOUT-ME” RA, HER PERSONA ACTUALLY ENSUR WE KNOW LTLE ABOUT THE REAL ZIWE AT ALL—A TTAMENT TO HER CURATED CHARACTER. IN THE OPENG TERVIEW WH DRAG QUEEN KATYA, KATYA ASKS OF ZIWE, “ARE YOU GAY?” ZIWE STAR HER DOWN CHALLENGGLY: “AM I GAY?” THIS EXCHANGE BE THEMATIC FOR THE WHOLE PRI SHOW: A SONG LLED “QUEER BA” SUNG BY ZIWE, FOLLOWED BY THE OCSNAL ASK OM A FELLOW WRER OR TERVIEWEE ABOUT HER SEXUALY. IT’S NEVER CLARIFIED. BEE ZIWE, AT LEAST THE SULATED WORLD OF HER SHOW, DON’T HAVE TO EXPLA HERSELF, DON’T EVEN HAVE TO BE THENTIC. EVERYONE ELSE IS TO BE HELD RPONSIBLE, TO ANSWER FOR THEMSELV.FOR ZIWE’S NON-SATIRIL TALK SHOW NTEMPORARI, THE FORMAT N FEEL LIKE A SPACE OF UNCRIL PRAISE, AN ECHO CHAMBER OF A PLETE LACK OF SELF-AWARENS. ONE ONLY HAS TO WATCH THE BRIEF CLIP OF PARIS HILTON AND JIMMY FALLON BLANDLY SCRIBG THEIR NEW BORED APE NFTS TO EXPLIBLE APPLSE TO FEEL THE NEAR EXISTENTIAL EMPTS OF THE SHOWS. HILTON SS BEFORE THE DIENCE, SPEWG BUZZWORDS; SHE’S SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE MUNY, SHE LIK TO BE A VOICE AND SHARE HER PLATFORM TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT NFTS. IT’S JT KILLER, A NEAR PERFECT ENPSULATN TO SHOW HOW LTLE ALL MEANS, HOW FAR WE HAVE FALLEN OM THE DAYS WHEN TALK SHOWS HAD AT LEAST THE GOAL OF BOOSTG TALENT, MAKG ACTUALLY LGH à LA CONAN, OR KEEPG GUTS ON THEIR TO à LA LETTERMAN’S SPICIER, MORE NEEDLG STYLE. WHERE OTHER TALK SHOW HOSTS AND FORMATS SEEM TERMED TO GIVE NOTHG, ZIWE IS ALWAYS READY TO GIVE HER ALL—OM HER FASHN CHOIC TO HER PEPPY, ALL-OUT DANCE PERFORMANC, TO HER READS TO PULL QUTNABLE RECEIPTS ON ANY GUT AT ANY MOMENT. BY EXTENSN, THOSE CELEBRI THAT AGREE TO APPEAR ON HER SHOW STANTLY SEEM MORE SELF-AWARE AND, ALMOST PARADOXILLY, LIKE NICER, FUNNIER, OLER PEOPLE THAN THOSE APPEARG ON MORE TRADNAL TALK SHOWS. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, ONE AWAY OM AN EPISO FEELG THAT THE CELEBRI WILLG TO GO ON ZIWE AND PLAY BY HER L—THE LIK OF A FERENTIAL ILANA GLAZER OR AN IRONIC, SLIGHTLY STIFF, VERY FUNNY APPEARANCE OM PHOEBE BRIDGERS—ARE MORE CHARMG THAN ANYTHG. SHOWTIME ZIWE IS SHARP AS N BE, TRENDILY UP-TO-DATE, TERTED TALKG ABOUT THE BIG ISSU HER OWN WKG, HOT-GIRL WAY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, SHE ALSO TAPS TO SOMETHG SO LACKG MORN TALK SHOWS—THE ABILY TO ROAST CELEBRI, TO POT TO THE RIDICULONS OF THEIR VERY EXISTENCE. ZIWE CREAT A SPACE WHERE THE HIGHLY PRIVILEGED PEOPLE NNOT W.I LIGHT THE MOST BASIC TES OF ZIWE—HER SILENT GAZG OUT AT A TENSE GUT, HER IRONIC LOVE OF GIRLBOSSERY, HER REFAL TO ANSWER TO ANYONE. ZIWE DON’T NECSARILY SEEM VTED CHANGG THE GAME OR DISMANTLG THE SYSTEM. IT’S A SHOW MORE TERTED CREATG SOME TANGIBLE DISFORT, FOR ONE FLEETG MOMENT, AMONG THE RICH AND FAMO. THEIR LIV ARE TOO EASY, THEIR LACK OF CRICISM PUBLIC FOMS LACKG—ZIWE IS HERE TO SETTLE THAT SRE HER OWN DISTCT WAY, AND TO BE HOT AND FUNNY WHILE SHE DO . VERONI PHILLIPS

” Ziwe star her down challenggly: “Am I gay? Showg a picture of Ziwe’s one onscreen gag that ma to air (a chyron about California’s thankfully overturned anti-gay marriage Prop 8 read, “Gay, Set & Match”), Colbert ngratulated Ziwe on Ziwe—and on ridg her apparent Stephen Colbert obssn right to the top.