Talking about talk show, we are generally thinking about the John Oliver’s style, which we are currently use in our project. In fact, there are various styles in this category. Below is a talk show produced in China, named A Bright World. It is formed with 11 youths from different nations and 4 hosts, discuss about the current hot issues. The atmosphere is meant to emulate a meeting of world leaders, but presented with humor. This show contains a cultural diversity since the guests are from different regions. It not only covers the news, more importantly, it gathers multiple perspectives for one topic, which can further more promote the cultural communication.
The show is more like a debate around the topic. The advantage is that the opinions are various compare to John Oliver’s style. In the traditional American Talk Show, The only host is representing his individual opinion, which might be lack of objectivity and diversity. But after watching both of these two types of talk show, I personally prefer the monologue one since it is more incisive, and the satire makes deeper impression to me in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. What’s more, a good host is very important. Their performance is the main to bring up the atmosphere and audiences’ emotions. However, hosts as well as the guests in A Bright World cannot achieve this very well.