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You Americans might laugh at this, but then you voted Trump. Us Aussies have our own shitty politicians, so we are not laughing.
by i_feel_great 8y ago
You Americans might laugh at this, but then you voted Trump. Us Aussies have our own shitty politicians, so we are not laughing.
- jzl 8y agoAre you familiar with the show? No American viewer of Last Week Tonight is so lacking in self-awareness that they would condescendingly "laugh" at Brexit as if their own country was doing fine. There's nothing contradictory about thinking Brexit and Trump are both fiascos. The point of the segment (and the show in general) is to inform, not to laugh. Also, no American host would ever really do a segment like this. John Oliver is British so he has a unique sort of soapbox being the host of a show whose audience is primarily in the US. That cross-cultural dynamic is one of the things that makes the show unique.