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14. Most comic voices have a dark edge, don't they?

Reply to REP (Reply #12)

Fri Aug 16, 2013, 09:14 PM

Aug 2013

And sometimes seem bitter. I think Twain's pessimism came from the loss of all his loved ones, as well as going bankrupt late in life. He seemed very disillusioned with the imperialistic jingoistic numbskulls of his day as well. Perhaps sensing the direction the world was heading.

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Is Stephen Colbert the Mark Twain of this age... [View all] WCGreen Aug 2013 OP

Laughter is absolutely essential, esp. during our days of national madness... CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2013 #1

Personally, I don't think I could have survived vanlassie Aug 2013 #2

I think Jon is looking to exit the next time the contracts come due... WCGreen Aug 2013 #3

just serves to underscore the power of progressive sensibilities sigmasix Aug 2013 #4

Sorry to disagree with you but,, ho hum ........... wandy Aug 2013 #5

Kurt was at least two generations ago... WCGreen Aug 2013 #6

My thoughts exactly. FSogol Aug 2013 #11

Vonnegut said much........... wandy Aug 2013 #18

Does he write all his own material? Generic Other Aug 2013 #7

He does write some of his stuff including his books... WCGreen Aug 2013 #8

And you would compare someone who writes "some" of his stuff Generic Other Aug 2013 #9

I am meerly poiting out that Colbert, as was Twain, the premier satarists of their time... WCGreen Aug 2013 #10

The question is who will be remembered a century from now? Generic Other Aug 2013 #13

Many of the past greats you mention are unknown to the current generation. randome Aug 2013 #25

It is no insult to Colbert to say he is no Twain; Twain was beyond all superlatives REP Aug 2013 #12

Most comic voices have a dark edge, don't they? Generic Other Aug 2013 #14

Twain was very bitter but tried to fight it REP Aug 2013 #16

Well when you lose all your money in bad investments and you bury two of your daughters... WCGreen Aug 2013 #20

No he's not in Twain's league malaise Aug 2013 #15

The thing is Twain was the premier Saturist of his era... WCGreen Aug 2013 #22

You're 100% correct re satire malaise Aug 2013 #23

Maybe that's the problem Shankapotomus Aug 2013 #17

The White House Correspondents Dinner GreatCaesarsGhost Aug 2013 #19

Yep, a modern classic.... WCGreen Aug 2013 #21

I bought the DVD at the c-span store. Graybeard Aug 2013 #27

Can't say. scarletlib Aug 2013 #24

Yes. Humorist, satarist and prolific. KurtNYC Aug 2013 #26

I'd say he is more like the Will Rogers of our time, Twain was a novelist and story teller as well Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #28