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[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 36 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

So that was Kimmel. I wished they would do the same for Colbert. But I get the feeling at this point Colbert wouldn’t accept it, and would leave anyway.

Such a shame. What a shitshow.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

A lot of it is Kayfabe. Don't get lulled by the performance and theater, they (the comedians, network execs and everyone else who appears on camera) are performers who have a role and they're only there because they play that role well.

I'm not saying they're all "in on it" but they get marching orders, they get back-room deals to do this and that, they're instructed by the people who control whether or not we can see them. It's normal.

If we were to understand just how much of our informational world (including network media) is completely scripted from the ground up to engage us in a narrative of Good Versus Evil, we would realize that we're just in WWE theater meant to distract us from the wealthy who are consuming our world around us like locusts.

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 7 months ago

The issue with Colbert is that economics is part of the reason why CBS cancelled the Late Show.

I'm sure that getting rid of the show to give Trump a favor was a plus, but late night television has seen audiences drop for decades. It is made even worse as video podcasts are taking up a lot of the role that late night talk shows used to take and are now popular enough that they are giving out awards for them.

I also don't think that Paramount was as strategic about Colbert as Disney was with Kimmel or NBC is with Fallon. Disney commonly uses Kimmel as a way to promote other Disney IP. NBC now uses the Tonight Show as an extension of SNL to promote writing talent before they move on to different shows. In contrast, Colbert doesn't really have any big clips with Star Trek actors.

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