"this kind of story-telling" is only appealing if you already agreed with the principle You need to understand something before you can agree or disagree with

"this kind of story-telling" is only appealing if you already agreed with the principle You need to understand something before you can agree or disagree with it. That's the point of the kind of humor John Oliver uses - take something boring, use humor to attract ears/eyeballs, use well-known cultural artifacts to make a point of comparison, viewer now grasps principals of the issue while being entertained/having reward center tickled. He also uses analogies because they reveal the absurdity of something without directly attacking someones existing beliefs, leaving wiggle-room to switch sides.