[9.5/10] Excellent episode. Oliver teased out the pussyfooting and missed, obvious opportunities to condemn white supremacists (what should be a gimme) from Trump in decisive and surprisingly humorous fashion for such unpleasant subject matter. And the "And Now" segment featuring robot soccer players with the game being called by Univision's soccer announcer was a nice bit of absurdity.
The main story on North Korea was interesting, not only for digging into the way our conception of North Korea as a freakshow detracts from both the real threat the country poses and the human rights abuses going on there. In addition, Oliver & Co. do well to explain the way Trump's rhetoric plays well into the propaganda the Kim regime put forth about Americans. Informative and insightful.
But the best part is just the silly coda. I'm a sucker for Weird Al, and his "Don't Nuke Us North Korea" has a great tie-in to the country's apparent love of accordians, and is full of the funny lyrics and playful musicianship Al is known for. The best possible way to cap off something like this.
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[9.5/10] Excellent episode. Oliver teased out the pussyfooting and missed, obvious opportunities to condemn white supremacists (what should be a gimme) from Trump in decisive and surprisingly humorous fashion for such unpleasant subject matter. And the "And Now" segment featuring robot soccer players with the game being called by Univision's soccer announcer was a nice bit of absurdity.
The main story on North Korea was interesting, not only for digging into the way our conception of North Korea as a freakshow detracts from both the real threat the country poses and the human rights abuses going on there. In addition, Oliver & Co. do well to explain the way Trump's rhetoric plays well into the propaganda the Kim regime put forth about Americans. Informative and insightful.
But the best part is just the silly coda. I'm a sucker for Weird Al, and his "Don't Nuke Us North Korea" has a great tie-in to the country's apparent love of accordians, and is full of the funny lyrics and playful musicianship Al is known for. The best possible way to cap off something like this.
All-in-all, this is a great one.