Late Night Highlights: Stephen Colbert Doesn't Think Huck Finn Censorship Went Far Enough
3. Stephen Colbert Hearts Censorship
After landing the best line of the night regarding Huckleberry Finn ("My favorite character was Jim. He was so great, I wanted one of my own."), the Colbert Report host protested that NewSouth Books is not going far enough by censoring Mark Twain's masterpiece.
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Since when is the censorship of an American classic a good thing. These people will change history because younger Americans will never be able to enjoy the original versions of the classics and will lose the fundamental choice of comparing early America with the present. what is the saying"sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me".it is a shame you using this as a stage.......