Mediaite defines the brilliance of Stephen Colbert on Sarah Palin

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1. LoriE says:
   January 19, 2011 at 4:22 pm

   Complete and utter brilliance. Phenomenal.

   Difference makers: +7
2. friedthing says:
   January 19, 2011 at 5:04 pm

   Don’t forget the brilliant writers! :)

   Difference makers: +13
3. SW says:
   January 19, 2011 at 7:07 pm

   Oh, I have been just jumping-up-and-down excited about Stephen Colbert’s Sarah Palin routine last night! I wanted to hug my television! What a feeling to finally have these thoughts articulated so brilliantly and stated with such seething wit! And what I love even more is that we got to see the Stephen-Colbert-Behind-”Stephen-Colbert” peeking out from behind his character and letting the world see a little bit of (what I think was) genuine anger about the sheer stupidity surrounding the media’s love affair with Sarah Palin. There is something about that man being both funny and angry at the same time that gives me goosebumps. It was the verbal equivalent of watching Batman (“Bam!” “Whomp!” “Pow!”) with Stephen behind the hero’s mask, and Sarah Palin as the Joker. (Or maybe, given her home state, the Penguin?) Yes, we all want to promote love and tolerance and we’re all rallying to support sanity — but every once in a while it’s so nice to see Stephen give a one-two-punch on behalf of those of us who’ve been rolling our eyes and watching the media in near-despair. Thank you, thank you, thank you Stephen Colbert!
   Oh, my. I think I may have had a Colbertgasm. That just took my breath away!
   (And yes, enormous hugs to the writers! — although I’m still enjoying the possible fantasy that it was pure Stephen.)

   Difference makers: +11

   • kisara says:
     January 20, 2011 at 3:25 am

     I agree with your sentiment completely.

     I just really can’t help this nitpick: Penguins are not native to Alaska. Obviously, she’s be “Ms Freeze” for the chill in our hearts she elicits whenever recall how close she was to being first successor to the President.

     Shout Out (Hey!): 0

     • SW says:
       January 20, 2011 at 12:07 pm

       Hmmm. Didn’t know about the penguin-thing. It may still be apropos, however, in that Sarah Palin doesn’t seem terribly concerned about, um, “natives.” If penguins are indeed immigrants to Alaska, I’m surprised she didn’t erect a wall during her brief tenure as governor in order to keep them out. With her “smarts,” she’d probably erect a wall of ice — and how would she have explained it melting into the ocean, given that she doesn’t believe in global warming?
       Ah, I can still hear Stephen’s Sarah Palin routine in my ears — and I could practically dance to it.

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4. Angela says:
   January 19, 2011 at 7:10 pm

   And what I love even more is that we got to see the Stephen-Colbert-Behind-”Stephen-Colbert” peeking out from behind his character and letting the world see a little bit of (what I think was) genuine anger about the sheer stupidity surrounding the media’s love affair with Sarah Palin. There is something about that man being both funny and angry at the same time that gives me goosebumps.

   Well said.

   I liked how increasingly exasperated he got with each passing line in that speech-I’m not sure how much of that was acting and how much of that was genuine (I’m willing to bet a great deal of it was the latter), but it was really fun to watch nonetheless.

   Yeah. I can’t stop babbling about this, either. Last night was FUN.

   Difference makers: +7
5. jentaps says:
   January 20, 2011 at 1:06 am

   Last night’s entire show was incredible, but this SP take-down really stood out. It was like a really terrific Word, only without the bullet points. And then they did an amazing Word, too!

   Anyone who calls SP an ignoramus and media troll totally wins in my book.

   Stephen and the Writers, you rock my world! Well said.

   Difference makers: +5
6. SusieBlack says:
   January 21, 2011 at 11:24 am

   What a thing of beauty…thank you so much Stephen!

   Shout Out (Hey!): +1