{"id":612,"date":"2008-06-26T18:41:29","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T18:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog-test\/?p=612"},"modified":"2024-02-01T08:35:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T13:35:42","slug":"colbert_america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steelypips.org\/weblog\/2008\/06\/colbert_america\/","title":{"rendered":"Colbert, Stephen: I Am America (And So Can You!)<\/cite> (abridged audiobook)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t normally listen to abridged audiobooks, but I saw Stephen Colbert’s I Am America (And So Can You!)<\/cite><\/strong> in the library and thought I could use some energetic absurdity to keep me awake on my commute.<\/p>\n

This was absurd, yes, but surprisingly lacking in energy. Perhaps it was the rehearsed, recorded nature of the audiobook, but Colbert’s delivery lacked the flair I’m used to hearing on his show. Without that, even only three CDs’ worth of material often dragged.<\/p>\n

There were of course some good bits—our text copy is on loan, else I would quote the bit about how, to help people “not see race,” all non-white people should cover themselves in bandages—but when the bit I liked best was about how people in the future should defrost his head, well, kind of a disappointment.<\/p>\n

(P.S.: I just made some changes to the spam filter here, which I believe will not affect the overwhelming majority of actual people; but if you have any difficulty, please let me know.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t normally listen to abridged audiobooks, but I saw Stephen Colbert’s I Am America (And So Can You!) in the library and thought I could use some energetic absurdity to keep me awake on my commute. This was absurd, yes, but surprisingly lacking in energy. Perhaps it was the rehearsed, recorded nature of the … <\/p>\n

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