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...
The more I see Oliver the more it becomes blatantly clear that his whole schtick is to employ progressive domestic politics as a Trojan horse for frothing at the mouth CIA propaganda when it comes to foreign affairs. And once he gets the audience going about something like abortion rights or gerrymandering, they keep on clapping like seals for the manufacturing consent portion of the program when he tells us "XYZ must go."
The guy is a mercenary. He knows exactly what hes doing. You say all of the right things about a subject people are familiar with, then they take at your word when you start talking about a country they've never even heard of.
I forgot about Hasan, I actually did like him. He felt the most in touch with my "age group". Definitely a slightly different vein from me, but it was kinda a trip seeing someone "my age" (he's 9 years older than me) doing a Late Night type show
I think Oliver's show is pretty good (China excepted, they're all bad on China), politics-wise, if not jokes-wise.
I also liked Hasan Minhaj's show before it got cancelled.
The more I see Oliver the more it becomes blatantly clear that his whole schtick is to employ progressive domestic politics as a Trojan horse for frothing at the mouth CIA propaganda when it comes to foreign affairs. And once he gets the audience going about something like abortion rights or gerrymandering, they keep on clapping like seals for the manufacturing consent portion of the program when he tells us "XYZ must go."
The guy is a mercenary. He knows exactly what hes doing. You say all of the right things about a subject people are familiar with, then they take at your word when you start talking about a country they've never even heard of.
I forgot about Hasan, I actually did like him. He felt the most in touch with my "age group". Definitely a slightly different vein from me, but it was kinda a trip seeing someone "my age" (he's 9 years older than me) doing a Late Night type show