Friday, May 05, 2006
A Week Later and They Still Are Talking About Colbert's Performance
I was at the White House Correspondents' dinner last Saturday night.
I thought the performance by the two-Bushs was funny, with the impersonator providing the inner thoughts everyone had.
And I thought the Colbert performance was funny, although I did notice that Bush was not amused, and that the crowd reaction was a bit subdued. (Remember, the room was full mostly of media types who have been beaten into submission after five years of wrangling.)
The mainstream media, which was uncomfortable with Colbert's frank comments, mostly ignored the performance, focusing primarily on the two-Bush routine in their morning after stories. Only after bloggers called attention to this lack of coverage did the media address Colbert's performance.
Instead of minimizing Colbert's comments, the lack of initial coverage has resulted in even greater attention than his performance would have received. We still are discussing it a week later.
I thought the performance by the two-Bushs was funny, with the impersonator providing the inner thoughts everyone had.
And I thought the Colbert performance was funny, although I did notice that Bush was not amused, and that the crowd reaction was a bit subdued. (Remember, the room was full mostly of media types who have been beaten into submission after five years of wrangling.)
The mainstream media, which was uncomfortable with Colbert's frank comments, mostly ignored the performance, focusing primarily on the two-Bush routine in their morning after stories. Only after bloggers called attention to this lack of coverage did the media address Colbert's performance.
Instead of minimizing Colbert's comments, the lack of initial coverage has resulted in even greater attention than his performance would have received. We still are discussing it a week later.
