Still have not seen Colbert since April, but I find it impossible to believe he has turned into Jay Leno. I also agree with Dave that, when last I checked into both of them in real time, I preferred Colbert by a significant margin over Noah. Noah however benefits much more from internet clips.
I’m not exactly sure what the criticism of Colbert is here; is it that he is too hard on Trump (not possible). I don’t think it’s even that he spends too much time on Trump, whose ugliness and toxicity has infected so much of our public life. For me, I kind of started feeling that Colbert was becoming like the kid who was bullied for being a nerd in junior high school, only to find himself popular in his senior year of HS. He seems less interested in the smarter, more nuanced critiques of Trump and Trumpism that brought him to prominence, and started relying more often (not exclusively) on broader, less demanding bits. Colbert also panders so much to the Bernie Bros that I would not worry about him running out of material should Trump fade from the headlines; he has a lot of “Biden is old” and “Biden is not really different than Trump” jokes loaded and ready to go. On Sun, 3 Jan 2021 at 11:12 AM 'Greg Diener' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > That's what happens when your writers are too busy on Jack Dorsey's Hate > Box focusing on bitching at people like Chuck Schumer for being weak > (coughmattnegrincough) to score social media dittos than worrying about > trying to make Trevor Noah funny. > > Greg > > On Thursday, December 31, 2020 at 4:43:58 AM UTC-5 Dave Sikula wrote: > >> I'll take Colbert in a heartbeat over Noah. What was once smart political >> commentary has devolved into a series of opportunities for Noah to do >> shitty accents and inept character work. If that weren't bad enough, most >> of the correspondents (with the exceptions of Wood, Klepper, and >> occasionally Chieng) are awful enough to be on SNL. >> >> --Dave Sikula >> >> On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 12:22:54 PM UTC-8 Tom Wolper wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 11:45 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> ...and gets a side shot in on Colbert... >>>> https://www.primetimer.com/barnhart/yearly-departed (link) >>>> >>> >>> I agree with Aaron about Colbert. The Late Show isn't sharp or >>> insightful. When I don't watch I don't feel as if I missed anything. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/ca76ee7a-162d-4b62-9e44-7a78517c99e4n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/ca76ee7a-162d-4b62-9e44-7a78517c99e4n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKSQD4%3D1wVwN-XkuGqgCMTKkzm64paYAeZa2X7SreBSDg%40mail.gmail.com.
