[FairfieldLife] Re: Colbert @ W.H. Correspondent's Dinner
--- Rick Archer wrote: STEPHEN COLBERT: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. ... But, listen, let's review the rules. Here's how it works: the president makes decisions. He's the decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Just put 'em through a spell check and go home. Get to know your family again. Make love to your wife. Write that novel you got kicking around in your head. You know, the one about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration. You know - fiction! I couldn't watch Colbert's presentation because nobody was laughing. Reading it here was much easier. Upon reading it, I see its purpose was not to amuse people. It was to speak truth to power. Colbert may have flopped as a humorist, but he soared as a citizen. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi university of management Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Colbert @ W.H. Correspondent's Dinner
You would think that Colbert's script/dialogue (whatever you wnat to call it) would have been previewed before he was allowed to speak. I can't help but think that somehow, Bush used this as an opportunity to show what a stand-up guy he is-that he knows he is in trouble and is willing to let himself be taken to task in some kind of public fashion of his own choosing-knowing the media would play this up, giving Colbert a lot of credit for telling the truth. And Bush ends up getting credit-raising his esteem in the eyes of all-because he was willing to listen, even put his arm around this guy. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Rick Archer wrote: STEPHEN COLBERT: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. ... But, listen, let's review the rules. Here's how it works: the president makes decisions. He's the decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Just put 'em through a spell check and go home. Get to know your family again. Make love to your wife. Write that novel you got kicking around in your head. You know, the one about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration. You know - fiction! I couldn't watch Colbert's presentation because nobody was laughing. Reading it here was much easier. Upon reading it, I see its purpose was not to amuse people. It was to speak truth to power. Colbert may have flopped as a humorist, but he soared as a citizen. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi university of management Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Colbert @ W.H. Correspondent's Dinner
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I couldn't watch Colbert's presentation because nobody was laughing. Reading it here was much easier. Upon reading it, I see its purpose was not to amuse people. It was to speak truth to power. Colbert may have flopped as a humorist, but he soared as a citizen. Oh, Patrick, that's *very* well put. That's it exactly. You nailed it. Somebody put up a Web site last night for people to leave thanks for Colbert: http://thankyoustephencolbert.org/ I just checked, and already it has almost 10,000 messages. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi university of management Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Colbert @ W.H. Correspondent's Dinner
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anonyff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You would think that Colbert's script/dialogue (whatever you wnat to call it) would have been previewed before he was allowed to speak. I can't help but think that somehow, Bush used this as an opportunity to show what a stand-up guy he is-that he knows he is in trouble and is willing to let himself be taken to task in some kind of public fashion of his own choosing-knowing the media would play this up, giving Colbert a lot of credit for telling the truth. LOL. Except that the media have NOT played it up. To the contrary, the so-called liberal media have, in fact, almost completely ignored it. Stories about the correspondents' dinner have focused nearly exclusively on Bush's turn with the impersonator. So far, the sole exception has been USA Today, which quoted Colbert extensively and with relish. As to Bush being willing to let himself be taken to task, apparently he was not at all happy with Colbert. He glowered through most of the routine, and he and Laura barely acknowledged Colbert afterwards, leaving almost immediately with grim expressions. And Bush ends up getting credit-raising his esteem in the eyes of all-because he was willing to listen, even put his arm around this guy. Sadly, no. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi university of management Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Colbert @ W.H. Correspondent's Dinner
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Rick Archer wrote: STEPHEN COLBERT: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. ... But, listen, let's review the rules. Here's how it works: the president makes decisions. He's the decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Just put 'em through a spell check and go home. Get to know your family again. Make love to your wife. Write that novel you got kicking around in your head. You know, the one about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration. You know - fiction! I couldn't watch Colbert's presentation because nobody was laughing. Reading it here was much easier. Upon reading it, I see its purpose was not to amuse people. It was to speak truth to power. Colbert may have flopped as a humorist, but he soared as a citizen. His finest moment. Never 'got' the guy the couple of times I tried to watch him on John Stewart's show- Now I'll be watching much more carefully. Good for him!!! To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi university of management Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Colbert @ W.H. Correspondent's Dinner
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I couldn't watch Colbert's presentation because nobody was laughing. Perhaps an indication of the degree that humor (and truth) are social contsructs. We find something more funny if others are laughing, less funny if they are not. I found the lack of audience laughter (more an artifact of camera angles than actual audience reactions -- those attending said there was laughter) discomforting from the apparent tension in the room, but that did not take away from Colbert's biting humor. I thought for the most part he was quite funny -- excepting the skit -- which may have been a longer, deeper rip that may hold up with later viewings. Reading the transcript reinforces that he was funny, IMO. I wonder for those that did not find him funny, are you familiar with his work? Or was this a (near) first time view? I think he may be an aquired taste. The first few times I watched him, I thought he was a bit of a smartalec. Now I get more of what he is doing and more appreciate his subtle but biting satire. Reading it here was much easier. Upon reading it, I see its purpose was not to amuse people. It was to speak truth to power. Colbert may have flopped as a humorist, but he soared as a citizen. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi university of management Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Colbert @ W.H. Correspondent's Dinner
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anony_sleuth_ff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam jpgillam@ wrote: I couldn't watch Colbert's presentation because nobody was laughing. Perhaps an indication of the degree that humor (and truth) are social contsructs. We find something more funny if others are laughing, less funny if they are not. Don't know if this was the case with Patrick, but I find it horrendously uncomfortable to watch a comic who is bombing with his live audience, even if I find him hilarious myself. I squirm in empathetic embarrassment, thinking how the comic must feel. In Colbert's case, though, it didn't bother me because I had the distinct sense it didn't bother *him* in the least. (Maybe it did, but he didn't show it that I could see; it didn't seem to throw off his timing at all.) I found the lack of audience laughter (more an artifact of camera angles than actual audience reactions -- those attending said there was laughter) Actually most of the reports I've read from folks who were there confirm that the laughter and applause were quite sparse, especially compared to the reaction to Bush's bit with the impersonator, which engendered great hilarity. discomforting from the apparent tension in the room, but that did not take away from Colbert's biting humor. I thought for the most part he was quite funny -- excepting the skit -- which may have been a longer, deeper rip that may hold up with later viewings. Reading the transcript reinforces that he was funny, IMO. I wonder for those that did not find him funny, are you familiar with his work? Or was this a (near) first time view? I think he may be an aquired taste. The first few times I watched him, I thought he was a bit of a smartalec. Now I get more of what he is doing and more appreciate his subtle but biting satire. I've never been taken with his show, but the format is very different, much looser, and not as coherent or pointed for that reason. The dinner routine was more like standup, extremely tight and finely honed. For me, he's funnier that way. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi university of management Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[FairfieldLife] Re: Colbert @ W.H. Correspondent's Dinner
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, anony_sleuth_ff no_reply@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Patrick Gillam jpgillam@ wrote: I couldn't watch Colbert's presentation because nobody was laughing. Perhaps an indication of the degree that humor (and truth) are social contsructs. We find something more funny if others are laughing, less funny if they are not. Don't know if this was the case with Patrick, but I find it horrendously uncomfortable to watch a comic who is bombing with his live audience, even if I find him hilarious myself. I squirm in empathetic embarrassment, thinking how the comic must feel. Yes. I felt the empathetic embarrasment, and some sympathy for those I felt in the crowd who knew it was funny but thought it inappropriate to laugh -- in front of the prez and bosses -- while I laughing out loud at Colbert's jabs. The combinatation was a heightened and exquisite tension (perhaps like an action film) -- keeping me glued to the screen and on the edge of my chair, while laughing. I wonder for those that did not find him funny, are you familiar with his work? Or was this a (near) first time view? I think he may be an aquired taste. The first few times I watched him, I thought he was a bit of a smartalec. Now I get more of what he is doing and more appreciate his subtle but biting satire. I've never been taken with his show, but the format is very different, much looser, and not as coherent or pointed for that reason. OTOH, in his interviews on the show, he is often quite focussed, and is the interviewer with the quickest wits and response time I have ever seen. The dinner routine was more like standup, extremely tight and finely honed. If he had been able to do the routine live for various audiences, I think he would have honed it to a devestating level of finese, timeing and polish. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Maharishi university of management Maharishi mahesh yogi Ramana maharshi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
