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And Nothing But The Truthiness: The Rise (and Further Rise) Of Stephen Colbert (2011)

by Lisa Rogak(Favorite Author)

3.26 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0312616104 (ISBN13: 9780312616106)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Thomas Dunne Books

review 1: When you see someone as talented and entertaining as Stephen Colbert, you wonder how he got that way. This book does a pretty good job of addressing that, detailing his childhood, education, and the apprenticeship he served in learning his comedic craft. But there remains some quality that just can't be captured in print, that would explain the source of the drive that keeps him going. I was disappointed at the brevity of Rogak's treatment of his appearance at the white house press correspondents dinner. His speech there was a masterful takedown of both the Bush administration and of a wishy-washy mainstream press that left many of the administration's actions undereported and their consequences underexposed. Of course, the whole question of why fake news programs lik... moree Colbert's and Stewart's are more incisive than the legitimate press needs to be explored and understood, but that's a whole 'nother book.
review 2: This was a quick (one-day) read. Basically an assembly of quotations from previously published interviews and profiles, which leads to some bizarre situations, where it *looks* like jokes are being passed along as "facts." But maybe that's just truthiness in action. I did learn a lot about Colbert's early life, though, and reading about the deaths of his father and brothers was devastating. Still, overall an amusing light read. less

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