The Colbert Report
Jennifer Egan, Baz Luhrmann
Season 2013, Episode 62 · Aired 2013-05-09
Synopsis
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan helps Stephen smartificate on "The Great Gatsby". Director Baz Luhrmann explains the challenges in adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel, and recounts meeting the author's granddaughter.
In the series
This episode is part of The Colbert Report (2005–2014) on Comedy Central.
Truthiness as national vocabulary — right-wing blowhard as performance art.
Key cast
- Stephen Colbert as Stephen Colbert