--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've never seen Stephen Colbert's show because I guess it's air time > conflicts with my schedule. But I used to love him on the old "Daily > Show" with Craig Kilborn (I never saw Colbert in the Daily Show > version with Jon Stewart because Stewart is Roger Moore to Kilborn's > Sean Connery and I just can't stomach it). > > However, I saw the following clip of Colbert's show linked on the > huffingtonpost.com and I think it's hilarious. Only Colbert could > invite two of the USA's leading feminists on his show and then proceed > to make them bake apple pie! > > What's telling about the clip is how Jane Fonda "gets it" > right away and plays along but Steinem is totally devoid > of a sense of humor:
Actually, they had both "gotten it" before they even did the segment. They knew exactly what was going to happen and how they were going to play it, as did Colbert (they work these things out beforehand). Some of it was even scripted. Remember that Fonda is an actress and has done quite a bit of comedy, so she focused on that while letting Steinem do most of the talking, which is *her* strength. I thought they both carried it off very well. I detected no humorlessness at all in Steinem. They were both clearly having fun with it while also getting their points across. Colbert, of course, *wanted* them to be able to make their points, and the segment was designed to enable them to do that. But I suspect the whole idea behind it was to show that feminists *do* have a sense of humor, which is exactly what it did. The only thing that didn't quite work was that they were so charming Colbert wasn't able to stay in character. > http://tinyurl.com/y84fpb To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
