On Apr 23, 2009, at 8:29 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Apr 23, 2009, at 7:16 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:
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>> I've never watched Colbert so I
>> have no idea how effective he is as a parodist/ironist
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> Not very, to me. He's too much of a wuss to be a true bellowing
> yahoo, but he doesn't pretend to be some sort of weedy reactionary
> in a leather wing chair either.
This all misses Colbert's point entirely. He is neither a parodist nor an ironist. His brilliance displays itself on the borderline ground where sarcasm overlaps sardonicism. He is by far the most effective left voice in the mainstream media.
Shane Mage
> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
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