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Stephen Colbert, Anxiety Translator

In his opening monologue on Monday night, the CBS host found the line between comedy and tragedy.
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In a for published yesterday, titled “How Stephen Colbert Got His Groove Back,” Josef Adalian has an intriguing and detailed analysis of all the factors that have contributed to Colbert’s recent resurgence in the ratings. These include: learning not to micromanage, getting more comfortable with incorporating aspects of his persona after an initial vault away from the character, and—most notably—a

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