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

Re: what was it that Jon Stewart shareed...

[paracelsvs.livejournal.com]

Ok, you're just stringing words together at random now. I can tell, you know. I'm not stupid.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Well, that's drieuxster for you.

why do americans hate america?

[drieuxster.livejournal.com]

I can understand that the typical person who thought that carlsen and his kriminal friend, remember it was Novak who blew up the CIA network dealing with Iranian Nuclear Proliferation, are the sort of Psuedo Conservatives who populate the NeoCon Movement - because they hate americans who actually served and were actively active in keeping you folks safe.

But of course, to put that back into play, along with the citation of when Jon Stewart Cracked on the Fiasco of the "crossfire" game - and that in the context of the MSM black out on dealing with it's horror from the Colbert stand up - is, gosh, well putting too many things into play for the typical America Hating NeoCon eh no???

Or is that also a part of the problem here.... The NeoCons are so not sure why they hate america, nor why they hate those of us who served while they sat on their faces, but clearly they like to hate america and the veterans community... But that is not really news - we have been watching that routine for over 20 years now... and it is only now that americans are wondering why their system is sinking...

[paracelsvs.livejournal.com]

Are you sure he's not a Markov chain?

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

He's a couple of links short of a Markov chain.

Re: what was it that Jon Stewart shareed...

[drieuxster.livejournal.com]

why do you hate america?

or are you just one more of those who is afraid of dealing with what is going on in america because you actually hope that majikally the great leader will protect you...