Comedy hater in training

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on October 30th, 2007

Stephen Colbert appeared at Cornell last Friday. Read the review by Mary Thomas. Then read the comments by “Anonymous.” Thomas is the darkest of clouds writing for the Cornell Daily Sun.

You thought today’s college students were prissy, over-sensitive self-esteem engines, get a load of one of today’s college newspaper entertainment writers! She is fifty words into the review of Colbert’s appearance before she mentions the crowd’s “dog-like admiration for the comedian.” WTF?!?

They say “Never send a boy to do a man’s job.” Well, never send a humorless prig to do a comedy review. This review is a trainwreck. It’s like sending radical feminist to review the local gentleman’s club.

Another underwhelming aspect of the evening was when two hallmarks of tacky college events, the t-shirt cannon and college mascot, made appearances during Colbert’s performance. They were out of place, derivative and somewhat insulting to the intelligence of the audience.

Since when is the school mascot “insulting to the intelligence” of any college student? And what is her problem with a t-shirt cannon? What person– of any age, race, color, creed or demographic– can’t love a t-shirt cannon?

Amazing.

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