Review: Good book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 9, 2014
I love Stephen Colbert. He is absolutely brilliant. Watching him interview a guest who doesn't quite get the idea of the show is hilarious. He can feed them lines, respond and keep the whole thing going single-handedly without stepping out of character or breaking a sweat. The man is a myth. And I wanted to meet the man behind the myth. In this book I felt a little more like I met his press secretary. The book didn't claim to be a biography so I am in part not quite "getting it", as I remarked earlier about some of the Colbert Report guests. It's about Stephen Colbert and you meet the Stephen behind Stephen but more as a figure of history who did this or that rather than actually finding out what makes him tick. I'm not trying to say it's not there at all, cause it is there some, I just wanted more, and maybe it's just me. However, I feel as long as you know that going in, it's a good quick read. There is a lot of detail about his personal life, the sadness and tragedy he's overcome, his struggles and success. There's some nice quotes by Mr. Colbert throughout the book and it introduces a side to this wonderful comedian that we don't get to see as he is so artful at maintaining his character. As a non-media person, I support his right to privacy, as one of his biggest fans, I want to have him over for dinner and drinks and ask him a million questions. And this book is fun and interesting but more respectful of his privacy than a drunken dinner party of my imagination. And since I won't ever get my dinner party and he has the right to his privacy, this book is the best resource on one of my favorite comedians I've found.