LIFE /
BLACKBEARD'S CHEST / A COLLECTION OF RANDOM TREASURES
ISSUE 05
tv show
Last Week Tonight with
John Oliver
It's like the nightly news. Only weeklier.
Watch
it
here
A lot of people struggle to enjoy political
satire because it goes over their head like
a remote controlled drone in Benghazi.
See what I did there? For those of you
willing to pick up a newspaper and not
just use it to wrap up your fish and chips,
it can be extremely rewarding to see a
politician get their ass handed to them on
late night television.
Mnet has begun airing a new show titled
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver which
takes a weekly roundup of the politics
of the United States and the world and
takes the piss out of bumbling politicians,
irresponsible corporations and sensationalist
news channels, with great aplomb. Despite
the show’s infancy the former Daily Show
correspondent John Oliver has made light
of America’s death penalty, the most recent
Indian elections and General Motors recalling
11 million cars without pulling any punches.
The show’s definitely worth its weight in gold.
Quite frankly, if you don’t find it funny it’s a
great way to keep up with what’s going on in
the world around you.
"The end of satire is the
amendment of vices by
correction; and he who writes
honestly is no more an enemy
to the offender, than the
physician to the patient when
he prescribes harsh remedies”
- John Dryden.
Yeah, what he said.
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