On Wednesday last week, Nicolay Ramm premiered his new show “Paybacktime!” at the comedy scene Latter in Oslo. Both Aftenposten and news gave the show a second roll. Espen Borge, news’s reviewer, described, among other things, Nicolay Ramm as an “undressable, self-absorbed toastmaster” and the show as “intense, fussy, noisy and above all almost devoid of jokes.” Nicolay Ramm on stage at Latter. Photo: Aksel Xavier Rustad It is not the two who now adorn the poster for Ramm’s new show. There, Latter and Stand-Up Norway have placed six and five dice rolls from the local radio stations Radio-E and Radio Riks. – Hollowing out the roll of the dice Former professor of marketing, now professor of innovation at the Norwegian School of Economics, Tor Wallin Andreassen, believes that it is unwise to select rolls of the dice in this way. – This is “cherry picking” to make yourself look good through the recommendations of narrow recommenders. It undermines the roll of the dice as a quality indicator and is only done to attract customers – who are most likely to be disappointed. Their product talk will be negative and perhaps affect confidence in Latter. As always: Honesty lasts the longest, says Andreassen. Tor Wallin Andreassen is now a professor at NHH. Photo: Lars Tore Endresen / news The managing director of Stand-Up Norway, Vemund Vik, responds as follows to why they only choose high dice rolls on the poster: – When we get both good and bad reviews, we naturally choose to focus on the good ones. In the past, several national newspapers appeared and reviewed the performances at Latter, today we have to make do with the few who still come. Stand-Up Norway thinks Andreassen’s criticism is strange. – We are sure that everyone who comes and sees “Paybacktime!” get a fantastic Laughter experience. It feels strange to be accused of “cherry-picking” by a professor who hasn’t seen the show. He does not wish to comment on the reviews themselves or their content. Vemund Vik and Elina Krantz in Stand-Up Norway, together with Nicolay Ramm backstage at Latter. Vemund Vik is also the director of the show. Photo: Stand-Up Norway – Our reviewer is a positive guy We are contacting Radio-E to hear the reasons for their review. It was presenter Erik Mohn who gave the show a six on the radio. He does not want to be interviewed, but the responsible editor for the radio channel, Lasse Olsrud Evensen, is happy to answer on behalf of his colleague. Lasse Olsrud Evensen is an editor at the local radio station Radio-E. – Based on the show and the audience’s reception, our reviewer thought this was a roll of the dice. Then he added an extra roll of the dice because of the good song numbers. Our reviewer Erik Mohn is a very positive guy and does not have the butcher gene that news’s reviewer has. news’s reviewer Espen Borge says the following about Radio-E’s reasoning: – I am not particularly enthusiastic about panegyric tribute on the basis of “being a very positive guy”. Criticizes news’s review Evensen in Radio-E thinks Espen Borge in news goes too far in his criticism: – I think this review is one of the worst things I have read, both in terms of personal characteristics and professional assessments. It seems that the reviewer does not like the person Nicolay Ramm in the first place. Then I think the criticism falls on its own unreasonableness. news’s reviewer Espen Borge responds to the criticism as follows: – The kind of double moralistic rant full of the same type of personal attacks I am accused of committing is something I do not expect from a presumably serious media player. I actually have a direct aversion to answering such nonsense. Espen Borge is a music and humor reviewer at news. Rune Håkonsen, who is project manager for reviews at news, supports Borge’s review: – I do not agree with Evensen’s characteristics. Espen Borge is a skilled critic who, over several years, has written a lot about many different aspects of the humor field. Review of the review Evensen in Radio-E continues with his criticism: – Espen Borge has clearly read the book by “Pølsa” Pettersen, since he makes references from it in his review. Then I also think he could have taken it upon himself to be a little more positive, which is “Pølsa’s” message. – Aren’t you now going off on Borge in the same way you accuse him of doing to others? – No, I relate only to what he has written and do not characterize him as a person. – Finally, which roll of the dice do you give the review to news? – Haha. He will get a weak three. In the sign of positivism, answers editor in charge at Radio-E, Lasse Olsrud Evensen. For the record: Espen Borge is a freelancer who delivers humor and music reviews – including to news.
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Professor believes that Latter engages in dishonest marketing of the Nicolay Ramm show – news Culture and Entertainment
