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This essay offers an assessment of Colbert's satire that situates his practice within the larger theory and history of the genre. My assertion is that satire problematizes notions of certainty, stable reality, and absolute truth. As such, satire enacts a postmodern agenda of freeplay and undecidability. However, many current media critics operate with a modernist view of the genre and of Colbert in particular. Such an approach to satire is inadequate and misconstrues the significance of the form as well as Colbert's masterly use of it.

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