Stephen Colbert, the character, attempted to wrap his head around the concept of a dystopia in a time-warping edition of "The Colbert Report" that taped two weeks ago but aired on Tuesday. First, "The Giver" writer Lois Lowry explained the book, the basis for Bridges' film adaptation. "It's about an old guy, played by Jeff Bridges, who has an enormous job transmitting to a young boy," she said, "all the memories of our culture for the history of the world."Colbert had a bunch of questions: Is that bad?