Letters to the Editor
eileen
Published Letters: 1
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I couldn't agree with you more!
[Read the article: Fondling Stephen Colbert]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I felt the same way, that there was something unseemly about Jane Fonda putting Stephen in this awkward position. Partially, like you, I have come to believe that Stephen is one of the most decent people in the media, and that he is someone who does not base his comedy on base instincts. The feminist in me thought, for a tiny second or two, that it was interesting to see the tables turned, and to have a male essentially put in the helpless role as a necessary position to get his interview, or putting it another way, to be the victim of sexual harrassment in order to make a living. I think that if Jane had simply gotten up, gone and sat on his lap for a minute, and then had shown the good sense to sit in her own chair I would have been cringing less. It simply went on too long and way way past the comfort stage for those of us observing, and also for Stephen himself. I don't think of myself as a prude either, by the way.