cherold reviewed I Am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert
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4 stars
The Colbert Report was a brilliant bit of political satire, and while I wouldn't say the book form quite reaches the heights of the series, some of it is very, very funny. It's also a book that, even though there is an audio version, seems designed to be read, as there are plentiful footnotes plus margin comments that offer a Greek chorus similar to that of the Reports "The Word" pieces. My main objection to them is it's not always clear when in a paragraph you should look at the margin comment, and it's pretty common to read the joke too soon or too late, ruining the comic timing.
At times the endless list format was a bit much, and even though it's a short book it felt like it was having trouble reaching its length, but overall this is very funny.
It's also kind of sad, because the right-wing-think …
The Colbert Report was a brilliant bit of political satire, and while I wouldn't say the book form quite reaches the heights of the series, some of it is very, very funny. It's also a book that, even though there is an audio version, seems designed to be read, as there are plentiful footnotes plus margin comments that offer a Greek chorus similar to that of the Reports "The Word" pieces. My main objection to them is it's not always clear when in a paragraph you should look at the margin comment, and it's pretty common to read the joke too soon or too late, ruining the comic timing.
At times the endless list format was a bit much, and even though it's a short book it felt like it was having trouble reaching its length, but overall this is very funny.
It's also kind of sad, because the right-wing-think Colbert parodied brought us Trump, and now even the most exaggerated jokes seem close to our modern reality.
