tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395123.post450534863002475024..comments2023-12-29T19:50:11.521-05:00Comments on advanced theory blog: Stephen Colbert Advanced? A Reader Wants to KnowAdvanced Genius Theoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17867735475599591317noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395123.post-54336322295112717802012-06-17T08:52:39.857-04:002012-06-17T08:52:39.857-04:00Colbert's performance right to Bush's face...Colbert's performance right to Bush's face is all I need to know that he mostly certainly is advanced (and has balls of steel). Recall in those dark days that all photo opps with Bush were well guarded phony affairs with audience filled with GOP plants. It wasn't just horrible what the president was doing, it was insanity that none of us were permitted to tell him so. You were "fer or against" the US. You would be mocked as unpatriotic. (ask Bill Maher). The media was "embedded" with the military, making reports from them practically useless. They established "free speech zones", conveniently file miles away from where the president was speaking. On and on it went. Colbert, on the other hand, hand the gumption to go right into the lion's den and tell that president off to his face. Even more hilarious is the idea that some Bush lackey who scheduled Colbert must have thought that Colbert was a real Republican (this is mistake was made many times in the early days by more than one politician). I give Colbert major props for doing what no one else, anywhere, except maybe the show thrower, had the nerve to do. Everything else he does is just gravy. (and that gravy can be similarly wonderful at times)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395123.post-74410457862250679892011-03-08T17:38:11.744-05:002011-03-08T17:38:11.744-05:00So why doesn't satire automatically violate th...So why doesn't satire automatically violate the mandate against irony? It doesn't seem fair that a satirist can't Advance, as I'm sure at least a few have. But if Colbert's whole character is tongue-in-cheek, isn't that Overt? Wait . . . did I just answer my own question? Does he have to move beyond the satire before he can Advance?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08345535516752658109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395123.post-10931634751139056892010-12-23T00:42:00.968-05:002010-12-23T00:42:00.968-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.TechSavvyLBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14257207234834061721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395123.post-38233224525572029172010-10-13T11:40:44.677-04:002010-10-13T11:40:44.677-04:00I thought for sure he was being interviewed by sat...I thought for sure he was being interviewed by satellite, but I guess not. Thanks for sending!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964133111608414639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7395123.post-37767494593817740222010-10-13T03:18:08.806-04:002010-10-13T03:18:08.806-04:00Actually, Jon DID tell Crossfire that they were hu...Actually, Jon DID tell Crossfire that they were hurting America to their face: <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFQFB5YpDZE<br /><br />What's even better is that they were taken off the air shortly after.Luke Diamond Phillipshttp://www.wxou.orgnoreply@blogger.com