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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:24 PM Original message |
RE: New Yorker Cartoon--Should Colbert be stopped, too? |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Pretty good point. New episode tomorrow. Let's see how he handles this |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. Colbert can't be made into a T-shirt |
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Seen the light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. B-b-b-b-b-b-bingo! |
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World Citizen (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. you may have just coined a useful word |
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World Citizen (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. opps sorry |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. Colbert does not depict Obama or his spouse in a blatantly racist manner. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. He's never made any comments |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. If the point of the satire was to mock a segment of the public's perception of Obama, |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Did you get it? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Ok, forget it...I can see where this is going. Never mind. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. You can see it going poorly for you? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 07:55 AM Response to Reply #18 |
56. That's a very good point about "satire". |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. If taken at face value his interview with Eleanor Holmes Norton was pretty racist |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I've got the rope, let's hang him |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. First, it's not just a cartoon, it's a cover of a famous magazine |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I'm getting tired of having to explain the obvious to people, mtnsnake |
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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yup, same here, my friend |
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wvbygod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
73. If you have to explain it |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. How is it going to be used |
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Buck Rabbit (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. It couidn't be used for that purpose, BUT |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
60. Buck Rabbit nails it. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. So you are saying that the people that are wavering |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Actually I wouldn't say dumb |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Agreed! |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. So someone is going to use the New Yorker as proof |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. And when did being hypocrits EVER bother them? nt |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. What are the sides again? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. It's probably 1/3s: 1/3 certain he's ______________ (bad); 1/3 certain he's ______________ (good); |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
52. I agree with mtsnake. Wow. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. The medium is the message. TV =/= Print. nt |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. And the point is? |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. "A picture is worth a thousand words" IMAGES stick in people's minds far more than words do. (nt) |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. TV doesn't use IMAGES? |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. Does Colbert flash pictures of Obama & Michelle standing in front of a burning flag in a fireplace |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Right, it's context. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #50 |
63. Yeah it can. |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #63 |
75. You completely missed the point. A picture can't cue the audience to it's own paradoxical meaning. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. There is MUCH more "non-verbal" ambiguity to TV. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. wait 'till all the m$m morning "distraction" shows catapult it full screen |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
49. There is at least one major difference. |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. Colbert covers things that have actually happened or been said. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. And Jesus rolls out of the tomb on Easter with a blazing AK-47 (As Colberts depicts him) |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Oh, Snap! |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. "Oh, snap!" Are you serious? |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. If by serious |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. That's not satire. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Maybe you should |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:00 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Honey, you seriously need a dictionary. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Sweety, I teach English |
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The Doctor. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:52 AM Response to Reply #41 |
51. Sugarplum.... |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. How ironic that DU's top expert on comedy has no sense of humor. |
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wvbygod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
74. Jesus with an AK-47 is comedy? |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
31. He should only be stopped from making jokes about Obama. |
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Buck Rabbit (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
38. The difference is Colbert is funny. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. did you realize that The New Yorker doesn't bill it's contents as exclusively satire? |
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LowerManhattanite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-13-08 11:37 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. And that unlike Colbert, ALL of The New Yorker isn't satire... |
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Blondiegrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:29 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Ha, reminds me of what Jon Stewart said to Tucker Carlson |
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Blondiegrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
45. Colbert is actually funny. But I don't understand what you are inferring |
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sam kane (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
47. He is funny, effective, doesn't have to explain, is not racist. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Is that why Tom Delay |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
48. You earned a K&R from me with that question. nt |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 05:56 AM Response to Original message |
53. Colbert Report = Satire In It's Entirety v. New Yorker = What? |
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FredfromSpace (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:02 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. New Yorker=a Magazine with usually satirical cover art |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
54. satire is more than repeating some extreme argument and claiming it to be satire |
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4themind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
55. self-del |
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FredfromSpace (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
57. This reminds me of Olbermann's attack on Jon Stewart after the Oscars |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
62. Because Colbert doesn't do DUMB SATIRE. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. At least you admit |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Give me a break! "At least you admit" that satire is satire ? |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Several DUers have claimed that it is not satire |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:34 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. You obviously haven't met |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Yet they somehow all come into regular contact with New Yorker covers |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. shhhh |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
67. Colbert created a character and a show that mimics Fox News in order to mock them |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-14-08 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
68. Stephen Colbert: Stop fucking with people's minds! |
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