[ SECRET POST #2662 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2662 ⌋

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Notes:

Sorry about the lateness, work's been keeping me late recently.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I love the Colbert Report but because I'm in Australia there are some parts that don't work for me. The Daily Show and Colbert Report are more like a cult thing here because you have to be aware of international politics.

That said, Jimmy Fallon has taken off hugely in popularity here since he took over the Tonight Show. Late Night was on a pay TV channel and switched over to the Tonight Show (that wasn't screened here) and now a free to air channel (ABC2) has picked it up as well. There's a lot of buzz about it right now. So this could well lift Colbert up to an international star.

[(Anonymous)]

You know, I swear I am not American but for some reason, when it comes to American entertainers, "doing well internationally" has always sounded like a consolation prize for not being able to make it big at home. Strange it's almost always the other way around for everyone else.

[(Anonymous)]

DA. Well with the way American television works having an international fanbase doesn't really mean much because shows will quickly get cancelled if there aren't enough ratings inside the country.

It's kind of a silly system but you really do need to be popular in America to be considered a success in the entertainment industry.

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Hmm, yeah, that makes sense. Probably works the same way for film actors too. If you don't do well in the domestic market you're probably not going to get too many great future jobs.

[mekkio]

It's not silly. The show needs to make money at home in order to keep going. The home channels and the sponsors keep the productions going. It's only when a show is a hit at home do networks overseas go, "Hey, if it is hit in the US, maybe it will be a hit here to. Let's buy the airing rights!" Otherwise, why buy a show that was cancelled in the middle of its first season with no closure.

It's pure business.

[truxillogical]

See, this is probably the one case where my knee-jerk reaction is "Who cares if you like him--he's ours!" But that's because I believe that the Colbert Report is something that is actually very important to our country as more than just entertainment. Sadly, it's the closest to actual news as a lot of young (read, less likely to be tea party) voters get, and the satire just...we really need that. We really do. Our country has a real problem with the old guard fighting harder than ever to bring back "traditional values" and Colbert's voice is something we need right now.

So I don't really care if folks from other countries are entertained by him or not. That may be the only thing that I feel that way about, but going from drawing critical attention to Bad Things Powerful People Do is something I think our country needs more than "lets talk to celebrities." And that's what he's been for us.

[(Anonymous)]

Oz!Anon

Don't get me wrong, personally I will really miss TCR. But I would not be unhappy if the Late Show with Stephen Colbert was as popular here as the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. I think Colbert is amazing and it is a shame he is not more watched here. TCR and the Daily Show have been broadcast on free to air (ABC and SBS) in the past, but have only really picked up a cult audience with Foxtel (pay TV) subscribers and are a minority.

I guess it's because I will still have people like Shaun Micallef and Q&A to provide my own country's political satire.

Finally, I find the 'but he's ours!' argument a bit shit. If every country felt that way you wouldn't have Adam Hills' Last Leg or Rebel Wilson (or even Hugh Jackman or Russell Crowe in US movies) and I feel both are great exports.

[(Anonymous)]

Like I said, it's a kneejerk reaction. I don't mean "he's our entertainer." I mean that he's our political satirist. I thought I'd kinda made that clear. Generally, I'm all for countries sharing entertainers and entertainment. Makes the world a little nicer. "Oh, you like that? I like that as well." But I guess I was kind of reading your comment to be like: "Well, this will be better for the Oz crowd because we don't really follow American politics so his satire doesn't work so well for us, but his general entertainment will go over much better over here." And while that may be true, it kind of...stings, I guess? Because in this particular case (and I suppose with Stewart) I'm not really keen on Colbert becoming more accessible to to non USA-folks by no longer giving the political criticism and satire that I feel our country really needs. He may reach a wider audience, but it feels like he'll do so by lessening what he does.