An in-depth look at the Colbert phenomenon by New York Magazine. According to the article, Colbert was stunned by the public uproar over his performance in front of Da Man at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner and was still reluctant to react to the episode. I am glad that this is so, because his astonishment casts him as a flesh-and-blood person like you and me, which makes his bravado all the more unusual and admirable.