Overrated and overhyped
not as good as all the hype
Best movie of this year hands down!
It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.
View MoreI´m a german guy and think i can contribute some sort of outside perspective with my review. I never watched The Colbert Report but am a big fan of The Late Show and The Daily Show and this sort of political comedy (Thank you, Youtube!).I liked Jordan Kleppers contributions to The Daily Show. After watching the first episodes of The Opposition i knew, that i would watch every last episode (and i hope there will be many of them in the future). I will not dispute, that there are funnier guys on the planet than Jordan Klepper (The Award for the funniest guy goes to... Joe Stapleton), but i think, that shows like The Opposition are important to uncover the dirty methods of guys like Alex Jones.In my opinion there is no greater danger for democracies around the world than discrediting the free press. We don´t have a guy like Alex Jones on national television in germany, but we have politicians of the right-wing Party and nationalist organizations discrediting the media as partisan and biased on every occasion. In turkey more than 100 journalists are in prison, because of alleged terrorist activities. Trumps and Jones´ war with the so-called Fake News or MSM is so disturbing, because other world leaders might use the same tactics in the future to eliminate political and public Opposition. The episodes with Kobi uncovering the methods of the so-called Journalist Lee Stranahan and his Citizen Journalism School deserve an Emmy or any other prize für excellent television the US has...And please, dear Americans, MAKE THE WHITE HOUSE GREAT AGAIN
View MoreI've watched the show from the beginning and look forward to it every night! Great writing and the "journalists" have perfect delivery. I enjoyed Jordan Klepper on The Daily Show and I'm so glad he got his own show. Keep up the great show!
View MoreWelcome to the comedy equivalent of a Colbert Report cover band, playing at a small-town Holiday Inn lounge. Klepper is no Colbert, though he's trying an overly similar shtick. His supporting cast of "reporters" is far below the talent level of Larry Wilmore's former cohorts who thrived in that time slot until another curious, lamentable cancellation by the network.Besides the impossible task of matching Colbert's genius for spoofing conservatives by pretending to be one, this show suffers for another reason apart from talent and originality. When Colbert came up with "truthiness", it was a sharp lampoon of nascent cultural and political tendencies. But now we're fed a steady diet of blatant disregard for facts; claims of "fake news" for anything that conflicts with one's beliefs/agenda; and willful creation of propaganda, from home and abroad; from the highest levels of government and major media. In this climate, that vein of satire can't be as funny or pithy. Klepper's is another vain voice in the wind. Admittedly, the show has improved since its awkward first week, but it still lacks punch and consistency. Nothing would please me more than continued tweaks that would allow me to raise its rating score. Well, that's not true. I'd be even happier if they brought back the two superior shows mentioned above, with or without this one. Even as a Midwestern white guy nearing 70 (about as far from Hardwick's and Wilmore's demographic as one can get), I never missed an episode of either. Even though I wasn't hip enough to understand all the references, what I got was gold. C'mon, Comedy Central. As your excellent addition Jim Jefferies says at the close of his shows, "We can all do better." I hope your programmers are paying attention. You shrewdly revived Futurama; Do the same for these other worthy offerings that deserved longer runs.
View MoreI didn't like Jordan Klepper on the Daily Show, but in this new format he really manages to shine. He's not Colbert, but it's a very good start. The writers are really good too, the mockery of Alex Jones wasn't simply funny but also precise and informative. I'll keep watching.
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