the whole colbert thing

[rone]

Amidst the fawning of the moonbats and the shrill criticism of the wingnuts over Colbert's performance, the point is lost that satire isn't necessarily funny.  I thought Colbert's speech was really well delivered and hit all the spots it wanted.  Chutzpah, yes.  Courage, no.  Biting satire, yes.  Funny, rarely.  To claim that Colbert "was hilarious" or "bombed" is to misunderstand what he was doing; it wasn't stand-up, it was put-down.

And while one person thinks that "it's a failing prospect to attempt to direct satire at those who are beyond it," i say that perhaps he's confused about who the satire is directed at.  While Bush and the media were the subjects of the satire, that doesn't mean that they're the targets.  The target is, as always, the American people.  (Yes, i know, "But they're beyond satire!"  I disagree.)

Comments

[merovingian.livejournal.com]

Wow. Thanks for the link.

It sounds like it was impressive, awkward, and dangerous.

I love Stephen Colbert.

[tongodeon.livejournal.com]

It sounds like it was impressive, awkward, and dangerous.

Not quite "dangerous" since it's not like the Secret Service was going to tackle him and send him to Guantanamo, but it was definitely awkard, impressive, and took ENORMOUS COLBERT BALLS.

[merovingian.livejournal.com]

Oh, I meant it could hurt his career.

[tongodeon.livejournal.com]

High-profile, confrontational, over-the-top tongue-in-cheek conservative political satire could hurt a confrontational, over-the-top tongue-in-cheek conservative political satirist? I'm not sure I follow you.

[merovingian.livejournal.com]

Fair enough.