by bobo77 » Thu Apr 10, 2014 7:50 pm
Mixed feelings on Colbert's move to CBS. Worried it could become another stale white guy late night show. He'd have to have a very similar format to the Colbert Report for it to work, but because he's not gonna be in character, it might not work in that format and they'll stick to "stand up monologue, guest, guest, musical act". It's a great career move, but I've never been able to get into a network late night show like I can with Stewart and Colbert.
Got me thinking about #cancelcolbert as well. I think the joke was stupid, and he needed to apologize seriously (still a fan of the show for the most part), but what's really offensive is the reaction from mostly white fans of the show. Very angry reaction to Asian-Americans being offended by something and tweeting about it. As if they have no right to be offended when a white man acts out a racial caricature, even if it's meant to prove an important point. The fact is that when people of a group that isn't the dominant group in a society are offended by a joke, I think it needs to be taken seriously. Maybe it's stupid, maybe it's not, but don't just write it off as "not getting the joke lol".