Colbert New Comic-in-Chief

scottzak writes "Hail to the Chief! Stephen Colbert addressed the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday (attended by the President, the elite of Washington politics, and the White House Press Corps) and told the truth. Jaws dropped. Eyes popped. The live audience gasped. Scalia laughed his ass off. You want to see a brilliant comic display some real courage? Look no further. Enjoy the reaction shots, and Colbert's audition for Press Secretary job." The BBC covers the act just prior to Mr. Colbert's, where the President and a look-alike took turns making fun of his speaking skills.

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Re:Poor Colbert?

[kalirion]

Isn't that how it was in the Olden Days, when all the king's advisors were licking his ass and only the guy in the Fool's hat had the privilege of stating the truth?

Real courage??

[sponglish]

You want to see a brilliant comic display some real courage? Look no further. Enjoy the reaction shots, and Colbert's audition for Press Secretary job."

"Real courage"?! As in he wore a T-shirt with a Mohammed cartoon on it?

I didn't think so, he works for Comedy Central after all.

How much courage does it take to be rude to President Bush? Heck, gramps Mick Jagger dissed Bush out of a hotel room last week and so far nobody has shut off his defibrillator, so where's the stones in what Colbert did?

It goes back to Shakespeare

[chmilar]

It goes all the way back to Shakespeare: In King Lear, the Fool is the one who can tell Lear the painful truth - the truth that Lear does not want to hear, and everyone else is afraid to say.

Colbert and Jon Stewart play the same role.