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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
I can only guess why so few (in the front tables) at the Correspondence Dinner did not laugh. For myself, I can only offer the following of why I did not laugh at Stephen Colbert as I watched his presentation.
One does not laugh when they are stunned and their jaw is dropped.
One does not laugh when the delivery is so incisive and deliberate and unrelenting that one does not want to miss the next thrust of the stiletto, the next nuanced rip, the next revealing gesture, the next slap to the bully’s face.
One doesn’t laugh when they’re awestruck.
When I watch Lennie Bruce I do not laugh. I pay attention.
Colbert’s performance is Bruce turned inside out. Bruce was in agony. Bruce was on fire. Colbert is coolly deliberate. Bush is the one in agony and reportedly “about to blow”.
Good Night And Good Luck presents Murrow speaking to a celebratory dinner of news and television celebrities. What Murrow said did not seem to please or entertain those self-satisfied. Of course Colbert’s performance did not please or entertain, why would things have changed?
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
