“During the Iraq war, when the statue of Saddam Hussein fell in Baghdad, I don’t remember the Republicans at the time, ‘Big mistake! You don’t want to erase your history!’ Stewart says.
Jon Stewart He returned to the show that made him a household name and showed that he is so sharp and in tune with the current political climate than ever before, even if it seems like 2020 has as much to do with Stewart’s full tenure on the “Daily Show.” from 1999-2015.
But as much as he’s up-to-date on what’s happening politically, one of the funniest moments in his segment with Trevor Noah It showed that it is not as sharp when it comes to the technologies that drive the new normal in the COVID-19 era.
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In particular, Stewart couldn’t believe that he has been doing press for his next movie “Irresistible” for a week and Noah is the first person with “decency, kindness” to tell him to look directly at the camera and not at the screen of his computer
It’s a simple video conferencing tag note that can be incredibly jarring, since you only see the person you’re talking to peripherally, but it’s certainly a more natural TV experience.
However, after that little note at the top of the show, Stewart quickly gave us a look at one of those parallel realities he talked about: a world where he still presents “The Daily Show” and offers his unique insights into the world. around us. .
Their conversation about parallel realities occurred when Noah brought up the strange politicization of the coronavirus in the United States. It’s a pandemic, not a topic of conversation, making it difficult for Noah to understand how a medical and scientific response to an uncontrolled disease without a vaccine is somehow a political statement.
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“In this country we have established parallel universes,” said Stewart. “In the multiverse where the right lives, this is a violation.”
In particular, he said that the politicization of the masks is what most amazes him. “Surgeons use them in operating rooms,” he noted. “They don’t use them because they drive Volvos and drink chai tea and listen to NPR.”
He went on to suggest: “The next time you have surgery and the surgeon comes with your hands washed and a mask, I know how, don’t be a kitty, don’t be a little liberal. Take off that mask and wash your hands and stick your paws in my open wound. Because apparently sanitary conditions are a liberal myth. “
Earlier in the conversation, they referred to the other great political movement taking place in the country, the Black Lives Matter protest. Once again, Stewart focused on one aspect: the removal of the Confederate statues and the right-wing notion that this is erasing history.
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“I don’t remember conservatives during the Iraq war when the statue of Saddam Hussein fell in Baghdad, I don’t remember Republicans at the time, ‘Big mistake! You don’t want to erase your story!'” He said. .
He also noted that it is not even as if they were historical statues of The Confederate era. In fact, according to Stewart, her presence is representative of something much more sinister.
“The statues are not from the Confederate era, they are from the Jim Crow era,” he said. “They are from a time when they were built to say, ‘Just so you know, I know they let you go, but I just want to make sure everyone understands, we will still subdue you and bring fear into your life.'”
As Stewart said: “This should have been done in a short time by a society that has functioned normally for years.”
But as Noah pointed out, the words “normal,” “functional,” and “society” sound good, but all three seem to be rare in this, the longest year in human history.
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