Not At All Surprised

[bjarvis]

Wingnuts Who Watch ‘Colbert Report’ Don’t Know It’s Satire

I'm not especially surprised to hear of this. I enjoy "The Daily Show" and "Colbert Report" a great deal but I know people who can't stand either because the shows skewer a lot of sacred cows.

I stopped watching "All in the Family" many years back because it was too uncomfortable. Too many of the people in my area of the continent didn't get that Archie Bunker was a caricature: he was a folk hero to them, voicing the truths they held dear. I can only assume they misunderstood the audience laughter as whoops of support. *sigh*

Comments

[brunorepublic.livejournal.com]

I have to admit that the first time I heard anything from The Colbert Report, I honestly wasn't sure if it was satire or not. There are a lot of people who really think that way.

[guiser1.livejournal.com]

You and I both had Five Guys on the same day earlier this week.

Kismet or something much more?

I wonder...

[weekilter.livejournal.com]

I was thinking more Guys and Dolls rather than Kismet :)

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

It's possibly a sign of the Apocalypse. Or the Rapture... I'm not sure which.

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

sad but clearly true

I don't find Colbert particularly amusing, so I don't watch him (Jon Stewart, on the other had, I quite like).

But those who take it as fact should take Jon's words (to ??tucker carlson??) to heart: "my programme airs on Comedy Central. It doesn't pretend to be a news show."

[dendren.livejournal.com]

soooooo true about Archie Bunker as the bigots hero. Many folks just didn't have a clue. So sad to be so clueless

[theoctothorpe.livejournal.com]

Most people have the dumb.