It's hard to know not having been in the room, but I think the discussion that
came before about climate change and environmental racism may have set the tone.
I would assume that the environmental topics came up in whatever pre-interview
process the show runs as Colbert seemed to guide things in a way to help inform
the audience and to keep it (relatively) serious. (In other words, I suspect
he knew what environmental racism was and wanted the audience to learn.) In
that way, the tone was more consistent with a late night interview with an
author rather than an entertainer.
But the mention of Smollett and the attack (which happened early Tuesday
morning) came up in such a way that I'm skeptical it was talked about
beforehand. If Colbert and his producers decided to mention Page's marriage up
top and feint with a short joke so that this could come up later in the
interview in a very personal way for Page, they're really good.
David
On Friday, February 1, 2019, 4:26:35 PM EST, PGage <[email protected]>
wrote:
It was striking, and rare in that setting to hear the studio audience so
silent. Even at serious moments it seems there are always those who can inhibit
nervous laughter. Made me wonder if either 1) they somehow deleted audio from
the audience feed or 2) knew this was coming and warned them to keep quiet.
On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 10:35 AM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
Lots of mentions on Twitter about Ellen Page's appearance asking for an end to
mistreatment of LGBTQ community. The first I saw was from the Late Show
executive producer.
https://twitter.com/ChrisLicht/status/1091127095265320961?s=19
It was dramatic. The plea comes at the end of her appearance.
https://youtu.be/ec12JKkrhOo
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