Wow, All This Silence Is So Loud
A number of people at a number of left-leaning sites have been complaining that the media was covering up Colbert's performance. That the media was silencing them, in effect. Which is hysterical given the enormous coverage the Colbert performance got. Is still getting in fact.
They seem to miss the point: Colbert wasn't funny. Listen to the video, he got very few laughs and a lot of silence. It wasn't because people were uncomfortable, it's because the man fell flat on his face. The one thing a stand-up comic dreads is an audience that does not laugh (I knew a couple of people who did stand-up, that was their one terror). Colbert had a very bad night for a comic. My guess is that he knows it, too.
By Diva, Wednesday, 3 May , 2006 @ 11:17 am
It’s much ado about nothing. I’ve watched Colbert’s show and found him to be funny but his performance at the Correspondents Dinner was awful. He did bomb. I was embarrased for him. GWB on the other hand surprised me with his wit. Normally, I cringe when GWB talks but he performed well and he showed a regular guy side of him that many of us aren’t privileged to see. Colbert on the other hand sort of reminded me of a raving madman - a la Hitler. Not funny at all.
By contrary mary, Wednesday, 3 May , 2006 @ 12:16 pm
well, your guess is wrong
toodles my little charmer!
By Gauis Arbo, Wednesday, 3 May , 2006 @ 12:18 pm
I’m trying to figure out if that last comment was by a sock puppet.
By Diva, Wednesday, 3 May , 2006 @ 12:26 pm
Wow, is Colbert (sock puppet) posting here? You get all the famous people
By Gauis Arbo, Wednesday, 3 May , 2006 @ 12:29 pm
I honestly can’t think of why that comment is here. If it’s a sock puppet, I’m ‘waaay more widely read than I thought!
By Heru, Wednesday, 3 May , 2006 @ 3:38 pm
I don’t think that the people at the dinner were the people he was trying to amuse. He was making fun of them for the amusement of his audience, people like me that were on the floor laughing at his spot on humor.
My favorite quote: “Write that novel you got kicking around in your head. You know, the one about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration. You know - fiction!”
By Gauis Arbo, Wednesday, 3 May , 2006 @ 4:03 pm
That was one of the funnier lines, as I recall.