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Mr. C & me.

Hooray, for America! On Monday’s “The Colbert Report,” M. Night Shyamalan made #2 on the “ThreatDown,” thanks to my diligent review of “Lady in the Water.” I wrote:

The key to deciphering M. Night Shyamalan’s fractured fairy tale, “Lady in the Water,” is to remember that it is rooted in the mythology of Stephen Colbert and “The Colbert Report.” It is a warning to Mankind about the dire threat posed by ferocious topiary bears in America today, and a salute to the gigantic, soaring eagle who swoops in to rescue Wet Ladies from pitiless ursine jaws and claws. Colbert oughtta sue.

Colbert had the perfect topper: “Well, I am suing… Spoiler alert: I was fatally shot in 1995 and I’m a ghost.” Thank you, Mr. Colbert — you will never be Dead to Me. As a proud citizen of Colbert Nation for years (going back to “The Daily Show”), I could not be more honored if I’d received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Wait a minute, let me think: George Tenet, Paul Bremer, Tommy Franks… To get that medal these days you have to commit fraud, perjury and/or war crimes. No, I’m more honored to be cited by Stephen Colbert!

VIDEO CLIP: Go to the official site for “The Colbert Report.” Open the Comedy Central media player and click on the video link for “ThreatDown: Kix Cereal.”

Jim Emerson

Jim Emerson is the founding editor of RogerEbert.com and has written lots of things in lots of places over lots of years. Mostly involving movies.

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