2006. Jantar de jornalistas na Casa Branca. Stephen Colbert, do Colbert Report - programa que segue de perto o brilhante Daily Show - faz um discurso cómico sobre Bush. O resultado é já tido como clássico. Reparem na multidão, nas caras espantadas, ele disse mesmo aquilo? Reparem também na escassez de risadas. E reparem como ela contrasta com a qualidade do stand up. Jon Stewart classifica o acontecimento como "balliscious!" e não é para menos.
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We're not so different, he and I. We get it. We're not brainiacs on the nerd patrol. We're not members of the factinista. We go straight from the gut, right sir? That's where the truth lies, right down here in the gut. Do you know you have more nerve endings in your gut than you have in your head? You can look it up. I know some of you are going to say "I did look it up, and that's not true." That's 'cause you looked it up in a book.
Next time, look it up in your gut. I did. My gut tells me that's how our nervous system works. Every night on my show, the Colbert Report, I speak straight from the gut, OK? I give people the truth, unfiltered by rational argument. I call it the "No Fact Zone." Fox News, I hold a copyright on that term.
Ou nesta parte, admoestando os jornalistas:
But, listen, let's review the rules. Here's how it works: the president makes decisions. He's the Decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Just put 'em through a spell check and go home. Get to know your family again. Make love to your wife. Write that novel you got kicking around in your head. You know, the one about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration. You know - fiction!
E continua, sempre neste tom. É oficial: ainda há homens com corajem.
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