Painful promotion
Sir Ian McKellen went on The View last week to promote the new and updated “Prisoner” series on AMC. What ensued was painful — for the audience, at times for Sir Ian, and hopefully for the not terribly bright women who host this show. Check out Geoff Boucher’s take on it, then watch the excruciating video below. Rule of thumb: It’s good when the interviewers prep, or have some basic notion what they’re talking about. But maybe I’m old fashioned.