Well, folks, there’s a bit of a bellyache in the liberal late-night world as “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” faces the chopping block on CBS. Apparently, Stephen Colbert’s parade of not-so-funny, late-night liberal lectures has run its course. The left-wing crowd is all up in arms, concocting a litany of conspiracy theories to explain this departure without mentioning the elephant in the room: financial concerns. While the liberal brigade shuffles through their playbook of grievances, guess who’s found himself at the center of the blame game? None other than Donald Trump. Predictable? Absolutely.
The announcement of the show’s cancellation is met with the usual cacophony of progressive pontificating. Somehow, even longtime adversaries have come rushing forth, flinging theories about political vendettas and media suppression. Apparently, in some alternate universe, the reality of financial issues is overshadowed by these fanciful tales of sinister plots to silence the brave voices of comedy.
Interestingly, this brouhaha unfolds as comedians like Stephen Colbert and his fellows, who spent years conflating comedy with sanctimonious political discourse, find themselves outpaced by financial realities. For years, their shtick has been like a humorless merry-go-round, drawing fewer and fewer riders. Yet, isn’t it rather ironic that the voices demanding transparency and justice when it’s their cash cow at the butcher block seem to have enjoyed their selective ignorance when slinging mud at the other side?
Now, humor apparently has become the victim in their melodrama. These folks insist that silencing comedians spells the end of free society. Yet, it seems they’ve forgotten the golden age of late-night when comedy didn’t hinge on how blue one’s politics were, but rather on sheer witty brilliance. Back then, comedians didn’t merely parrot party lines; they made fun, full stop. Maybe Stephen Colbert’s altar of saccharine humor got a bit too cluttered with bits that served more as political echo chambers than laugh factories.
As if on cue, a refreshing breeze of sanity wafted through the fog when none other than media figures, of all people, chimed in to dismiss these conspiracy yarns as, well, hogwash. It was about time the liberal bubble was poked by its own pointy-headed spokespeople. Perhaps there’s still hope for salvaging a sliver of sensibility out of this comedy shipwreck. But for now, as this leaky vessel prepares to make its final voyage, viewers raise their brows, wondering if the meandering narrative was more tragicomedy than intended satire.
