Stephen Colbert, Eva Longoria turn real GOP debate dialogue into a gauzy, 'catty' soap opera

Stephen Colbert and Eva Longoria perform a soap opera

(Image credit: Late Show)

published 17 February 2016

Soap operas, and especially Mexican telenovelas, are "so over-the top, no one would ever be that catty, that bitchy with each other," Stephen Colbert told actress Eva Longoria on Tuesday's Late Show. "Right, except in the primaries," she responded, setting up a soap opera created out of transcripts from this year's presidential debates — mostly, if not entirely, from the more entertaining Republican variety.

"I want to remind everyone out there, we did not write anything you are about to hear," Colbert said. "These are transcripts of actual things that were said between people — adults — who want to be president of the United States." And you know, with the piano music and softening of the camera shot, it could almost win a Daytime Emmy. Watch below. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.