the poetry of comedy
satire, like magic, doesn't always work, even when it is most profound. witness the nearly laugh-free conclusion of wednesday's "the word" segment of the colbert report, a monolog on—of all things—words:
...this is not a "civil war." it's a civil liberation. no, a civil celebration. no! a civil WHOO! and, nation, if we want to win this WHOO, we need to do more than support our troops. we have to support our tropes.
a brilliant comment on the bush info war, in my opinion. but, judging from the weak reaction, maybe 90% of the studio audience didn't know what trope means.
too bad.
I confess, I had to look it up ;-(
ReplyDeleteu not the only one. that was my point.
ReplyDeletehope u looked it up by clicking on the link.