The Truthiness Hurts
The Truthiness Hurts
The best analysis I've read of Stephen Colbert's Saturday night performance at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner is by Michael Scherer, at Salon.com.
"A day after he exploded his bomb at the correspondents dinner, Colbert appeared on CBS's '60 Minutes,' this time as himself, an actor, a suburban dad, a man without a red and blue tie. The real Colbert admitted that he does not let his children watch his Comedy Central show. 'Kids can't understand irony or sarcasm, and I don't want them to perceive me as insincere,' Colbert explained. 'Because one night, I'll be putting them to bed and I'll say ... 'I love you, honey.' And they'll say, 'I get it. Very dry, Dad. That's good stuff.' '
His point was spot-on. Irony is dangerous and must be handled with care. But America can rest assured that for the moment its powers are in good hands. Stephen Colbert, the current grandmaster of the art, knows exactly what he was doing.
Just don't expect him to be invited back to the correspondents dinner. "
The best analysis I've read of Stephen Colbert's Saturday night performance at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner is by Michael Scherer, at Salon.com.
"A day after he exploded his bomb at the correspondents dinner, Colbert appeared on CBS's '60 Minutes,' this time as himself, an actor, a suburban dad, a man without a red and blue tie. The real Colbert admitted that he does not let his children watch his Comedy Central show. 'Kids can't understand irony or sarcasm, and I don't want them to perceive me as insincere,' Colbert explained. 'Because one night, I'll be putting them to bed and I'll say ... 'I love you, honey.' And they'll say, 'I get it. Very dry, Dad. That's good stuff.' '
His point was spot-on. Irony is dangerous and must be handled with care. But America can rest assured that for the moment its powers are in good hands. Stephen Colbert, the current grandmaster of the art, knows exactly what he was doing.
Just don't expect him to be invited back to the correspondents dinner. "
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