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I suspect Joan was instinctively uncomfortable and "muddled" about watching this interlude because it was a caricature of sexual harassment... somehow a little unfamiliar because the object was a man in a suit and tie and the perpetrator a respected woman.
Reverse the genders in your head and the situation is horribly familiar... a woman reduced to blushing embarrassment and stammering as her words are ignored and her body is pawed by a power figure she feels she can't politely turn away.
Even if Colbert was in on the joke, it was a creepy, unpleasant vibe.
