All rights reserved. As Jim Halpert, the character he played for years on The Office, he was simultaneously the guy who was better than his surroundings and the one who was sometimes unbearable in this belief. You’ve run out of free articles. (Part 14), Lord Jamar: Scarface & Willie D Running for Office Won’t Change the System (Part 16), Kamica King & Dioamara Perform Live on Sway In The Morning at SXSW. “I love that you think I’m a dad first,” Krasinski replied, wearing a tux and red glasses with the lenses knocked out. He narrates nurses doing dance numbers, a husband crooning to his wife through the window of a nursing home, a man leaving toilet paper on his porch for delivery people to take, cities around the world clapping for essential workers, and a family doing a trick golf shot off the roof of their house. There are plenty of no-fun news stories going around about how long this coronavirus shutdown might last and too many heartbreaking articles about lives lost to the infection. When he interviews the regular people and medical professionals featured in these videos, he thanks them profusely. Help us continue to be a voice for truth in the media by supporting CBN News for as little as $1. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File). (The universally disdainful response must have come as a surprise to everyone involved: Just a week prior, these famous people and their teams had been living in a world in which mere presence was enough to satisfy brands, event holders, and fans.) He begins each episode by recapping SGN’s popularity, calling attention to copycats and the fan art it’s inspired in tones of self-deprecating astonishment. In the interim, Krasinski is doing SGN and tracing the arc we always wanted for him, because we first wanted it for Jim: lost funny guy matures into upstanding, spirit-boosting adult before our very eyes. © 2020 The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc., A nonprofit 501 (c)(3) Charitable Organization. America, of course, already has a celebrity dad: Tom Hanks, whose very blood is apparently being used to contribute to the commonweal. The weekly “news program” is formally indebted to “Weekend Update,” but it’s after uplifting smiles, cathartic tears, and warm-fuzzy reassurance instead of laughs. Krasinski struggled for years to figure out what to do next—his directorial debut was based on a David Foster Wallace book, and he was a runner-up for Captain America—but he slowly steered in a more macho direction, first with a Michael Bay movie and then with Amazon’s Jack Ryan, the sort of meat-and-potatoes American exceptionalist action fare that two-thirds of the extended family at Thanksgiving has seen. Like a good dad, Krasinski is here to make the best out of the worst. In the latest episode — complete with a brand new intro song — the celebrity talked to his wife, “Mary Poppins Returns” star Emily Blunt, as well as “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, who led the original company in a Zoom performance from the musical for Krasinski’s show. By joining Slate Plus you support our work and get exclusive content. In the first episode, Krasinski talked to fellow “Office” star Steve Carell. It’s right there in the title: The amount of good news out there is only some. He’s wearing Red Sox boxers, a tutu, a dress, a bathing suit, etc., It’s a dad joke. There’s more longevity, more reliability, ultimately maybe even more affection in being a comforting celebrity than a cool one. Krasinski has well-honed line deliveries that rescue him from the latter category and beach him in the former. In collecting all of this in one place, SGN isn’t just providing examples of our ability to inspire, entertain, and distract one another in these trying times. But it turns out the dad joke is a great métier for male celebrities whose persona doesn’t depend on being cool: a controlled, charming way to let people expel resentment they might otherwise hold onto while making them feel close to you. The mission of John Krasinski’s quarantine response series is right there in the title: delivering Some Good News at a moment when it is in unprecedentedly short supply. Instead of revealing our resilience, their cheerfulness starts to seem almost pathological. Slate relies on advertising to support our journalism. Like a good dad, Krasinski is here to make the best out of the worst. All that to say: just like the first episode, this one is definitely worth watching. “Joy not only echoed across the globe—it echoed its way right out of this world” Krasinski exclaimed during one segment, as he cut to the astronauts at the International Space Station holding up SGN signs. Photo illustration by Slate. John Krasinski highlights some good news from around the world, including an interview with Steve Carell to mark the 15thanniversary of THE OFFICE, as well as John… It’s trying to become another such example, sampling others’ uplifting and creative gestures into a remixed megagesture. His daughters painted the SGN logo. John Krasinski revealed exactly why he sold his quarantine YouTube series, "Some Good News," to ViacomCBS. “Because I think I’m a dad first, too.” Krasinski has two children with his wife, Emily Blunt. But strung together, those clips lose their power. Krasinski seems to implicitly understand how this works for a celebrity like him. Screengrabs from, Always Wears Gloves to Cover Its Catlike Claws, How a Novelist Brings Fictional Characters to Life, An Instant Oral History of the Strangest, Starriest, Steve Carell reminiscing with Krasinski about, astronauts at the International Space Station holding up. But it takes a lot of hard work, time, and money to do what we do. For Krasinski this is good news: Like Amazon, Zoom, and the purveyors of jigsaw puzzles, he is poised to be one of the winners of this disaster. In the past few years he has bulked up his familiar sitcom star persona with some action-hero brawn, becoming a vintage dad: corny, a little overconfident, but with his heart in the right place. And John Krasinski, known for his roles in NBC’s “The Office” and Amazon Prime’s “Jack Ryan,” is compiling it all in one place. That, after all his efforts, SGN might not actually make you feel better has less to do with Krasinski than with the limitations of the format. Also available on most smart TVs and streaming services. Offset Caught CHEATING on Cardi B on CAMERA AGAIN!? John Krasinski wants to bring some good news to the world amid all the bad. Help us continue to be a voice for truth in the media by supporting CBN News for as little as $1. With SGN, Krasinski is doing more than that. Thankfully, though, there is good news out there. In each episode of SGN—there have been five at the time of this writing—Krasinski sits behind a desk in a suit and tie, only to reveal at the end that his top doesn’t match his bottoms. It’s never been easier for a celebrity to seem self-important and out of it, but Krasinski has had a lot of practice walking the tightrope between self-effacement and self-aggrandizement, between humility and false humility.
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