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To: elpolvo who wrote (283596)	11/21/2015 11:52:05 PM
From: Alex MG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541805

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To: elpolvo who wrote (283596)	11/22/2015 11:20:04 AM
From: Cautious_Optimist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541805

I am a big Steven Colbert fan...and an El Polvo fan. I think Steven would really like El Polvo as a thinker and bold, hilarious original writer, too. Colbert (BTW, the Late Show, not The Tonight Show) should be compared to Letterman. They are both goofy and capable of surprising physical comedy. Colbert also sometimes reminds me of Steve Martin, with better improv chops. And a bit of Carlin, Steve Allen, Mr. Rogers and yes... Johnny Carson. The new Late Show is much more edgy than anything we have ever seen on CBS, with subversive musical guests and artists of all other ilks. I do not see Colbert as a political lefty so much as a moderate and educated humorist who really cares about art and questioning the powerful (and their public politicians) - rather than promulgating the status quo and old frames. (Like, for example, El Polvo, TL, and the old Bickle here.) Stephen also (some would say unwisely and I would label as bravely) embraces gay rights which we know is offensive to the same core of republicans and certain groups of democrats who are the same folks who think an equal rights amendment for women is Stalinist. Any music that is not Lawrence Welk makes a host a commie in the eyes of segments living comfortably in a small music bubble. I recall my own (except for FDR, moderately conservative and worried, mostly wonderful) mother and father's horrified reactions to the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, broadcast from that same theater, ironically. I suppose satire against the true machine, makes a person a liberal and the conservative viewers for other more "careful" shows. But Colbert's Mark Twain, Will Rogers role in art is about questioning stuff that is, not equivalent to political policy scripts, until Limbaugh and his ilk effectively frame it as such to their audiences. They will take Colbert down, but not for ratings. Colbert inspires younger people. Stephen Colbert thinks, and for the powerful who own the machine, it stinks.