Discussion for article #238111
I intended to only watch the one clip, but I let the beginning play and I was hooked. The two gals who host are fabulous and played well with Colbert. Eminem was a huge let down. I had to turn it off then because I would lose more of my day to the immensely watchable Stephen Colbert.
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If you have 42 minutes to spare, the whole video is well worth the time for your Colbert fix. The Yelp piece was insane.
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As part of the Michigan economic diaspora, I think this is brilliant.
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Colbert is sooo funny. And Eminem is still such a dick.
Colbert gave Eminem every chance to come off like a real human being, and Mathers still couldnāt get out of his sullen proteus-inducing depression-prone persona. Eminemās lack of any charm whatsoever, particularly as a performer, would be putting it mildly. I grew up near 8 Mile and this guy was a complete fraud since day one.
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And btw, the headline on the front page is inaccurate. Colbert could barely get Eminem to sing any of Seegerās songsā¦since the guy didnāt seen to know any of them off the top of his head and had to be coached. Actually, Iām not sure this guy is really from the Detroit area after all.
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Okay, wow. Steven can make an interview with two local semi-celebs in south-eastern Michigan engaging; I canāt wait to see more of his non-persona-shrouded show in September! Have to pause it because I donāt have another 30 minutes to spare right now, but definitely will be watching the whole segment.
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I thought Eminem was okay given that he apparently didnāt understand what was going on. He hung in there. All in all, his work in the āanger management areaā probably paid off as much as it could. Either that or Colbert is just that good ā he got right in there, in what appeared to be complete buffoonery, pushed Eminem to the edge and then just perched there.
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What few people seem to have noticed is that this is the first indication of the direction that the Late Show with Stephen Colbert will take.
Since heās been announced, thereās been speculation as to whether Colbert would play it straight as an interviewer or maintain his overly-sure right-wing character from The Colbert Report.
This is a clear indication of where heās going, the āStephen Colbertā character will still be oblivious, but looks to be less political.
The 9-year high-wire act of his character will, it seems, largely continue.
This is excellent news, except for the apparently āless politicalā aspect.
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Iām not sure that Eminem wasnāt in on this joke and playing it exactly the way he was supposed to. The schtick seemed clear enough. Eminem is supposed to play Eminem being invited by Stephen Colbert to appear on his āshowā, only to discover that itās actually community access and Colbert doesnāt know him. It was largely unscripted, I suspect, which is something Eminem will not pull off as well as a master like Colbertā¦but Stephen carries him along well.
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To this old fart, Eminem came off as a sullen ass.
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I did think that was possible too ā that he was in on it, I mean. You make a good point by noting he probably wouldnāt quite know what to do with that knowledge, however.
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Its not like Colbert is Ali G. Everyone knows Colbert āplayedā a rightwing persona to spoof the wingnutsā¦and he was really just playing it straight as a comedic interviewer this time without that persona. Eminem acts like heās nodding on heroin. He still pretends like heās too cool for school. Heās a jackass. And I agree with youā¦Colbert is just that good.
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He IS a sullen assā¦has always been, and will always be.
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M & M is just doing his character schtick, the dude is different, vive that!
Iām not about gangster rap but I am all about writing, rhyming and creating ideas and on that note, M & M is the bomb.com, Yo!
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What I saw was MM playing his role convincingly, including appearing to be genuinely perplexed whether Colbert knew who he was (and vice versa).
I enjoyed the clip, but really, Colbert: Dyed hair ?