Stereotypes In Stephen Colbert's The Daily Show

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Stephen Colbert Stephen Colbert: the husband, father, and funnyman extraordinaire. From his small beginnings in South Carolina, Colbert was able to become one of today’s most popular pundits. Stephen Colbert was born in Washington, D.C. on May 13th, 1964, but shortly after his birth, his family – his mother, father, and Stephen’s ten other siblings – moved to Charleston, North Carolina. There, his parents taught them to be proud of both their Irish-Catholic and their Southern heritage. They told their children not fear questioning your own religion, and also that although Southerners are usually depicted as being intellectually deficit, they should be an example of why that stereotype is wrong. In this sense, Stephen decided to drop…show more content…
Contrary to popular belief, even though many of their elements are similar, Stephen Colbert plays a fictional character on his show, not himself. The Colbert Report gave Stephen Colbert the last little push he needed to be a celebrity. He was even invited to the infamous 2006 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner where the then-President George W. Bush and members of the Associated Press were attending. There, he gave a speech lam-pooning the President and the media and was received by an unpleasantly cold and stuffy audience. Fame through his show after prompted Colbert to run for President in the 2008 Presidential Campaign, but he quickly dropped out due to expenses. He is still working on The Colbert Report…show more content…
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