The Problem with Jon Stewart premieres September 30 on Apple TV+ https://apple.co/jonstewartIt's easy to feel overwhelmed by the world's problems. It's harde...
He's so, behind the times? I don't know how to describe it. His exit right before Trump won, sometime after the descent of the golden escalator was a natural stopping point. To bring him back feels like necromancy, something unholy and wrong, like Re-Animator or something.
He shot through a prism by retiring and got refracted into Oliver, Colbert, Fallon even, et fucking c. I'm not sure if another political comedy show would mean anything anymore.
And the tenor of the very broadly defined "left" in the US has shifted so much, too. If he just comes in as another centrist that just wants everyone to get along (like he was in the 00s) then he'd just get drowned out by other online personalities like Hasan or, hell, Chapo. Who would be his demo?? Anyone between 25 and 40 that watched his show but also haven't morphed into at least socdems? It's such a small slice of pie.
Absolutely. I actually am like one of three people in the world who liked 'Irresistable' but just the reaction and discourse surrounding it is a warning sign. I doubt he'll make a full heel turn like Bill Maher but just like Coblert we are so far beyond him and at this point he's shown himself to be so out of sync that its impossible for me to imagine him offering any real insight into the current political moment. I'd love to be wrong but this feels like its inevitably going to be going out with a whimper.
He's so, behind the times? I don't know how to describe it. His exit right before Trump won, sometime after the descent of the golden escalator was a natural stopping point. To bring him back feels like necromancy, something unholy and wrong, like Re-Animator or something.
He shot through a prism by retiring and got refracted into Oliver, Colbert, Fallon even, et fucking c. I'm not sure if another political comedy show would mean anything anymore.
And the tenor of the very broadly defined "left" in the US has shifted so much, too. If he just comes in as another centrist that just wants everyone to get along (like he was in the 00s) then he'd just get drowned out by other online personalities like Hasan or, hell, Chapo. Who would be his demo?? Anyone between 25 and 40 that watched his show but also haven't morphed into at least socdems? It's such a small slice of pie.
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Absolutely. I actually am like one of three people in the world who liked 'Irresistable' but just the reaction and discourse surrounding it is a warning sign. I doubt he'll make a full heel turn like Bill Maher but just like Coblert we are so far beyond him and at this point he's shown himself to be so out of sync that its impossible for me to imagine him offering any real insight into the current political moment. I'd love to be wrong but this feels like its inevitably going to be going out with a whimper.