The Daily Show: Ears Edition - House Impeaches Secretary Mayorkas | Joshua Green & Lashana Lynch

Episode Date: February 15, 2024

Jordan Klepper tackles the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the special election win by Tom Suozzi to replace George Santos’s unfilled seat. And, Troy Iwata provides his honest assessment of Long Island. Plus, Bestselling author and Bloomberg Businessweek National Correspondent Joshua Green sits down with Jordan Klepper to discuss his latest book, “The Rebels,” about how economic populists like Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have changed the Democratic party, and how Biden’s first-term financial successes and progressive economic policies could sway the 2024 election. And Actor Lashana Lynch chats about portraying Rita Marley in the new Bob Marley biopic, “One Love,” the first time she met Rita, and why getting the Jamaican singer’s story right was so important.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Survivor 47 is here, which means we're bringing you a brand new season of the only official survivor podcast on fire. And this season we are joined by fan favorite and Survivor 46 runner-up, Charlie, Charlie, I'm excited to do this together. Thanks, Jeff. So excited to be here, and I can't wait to bring you inside the mind of a survivor player for season 47. Listen to On Fire the official Survivor podcast starting September 18th wherever you get your podcast. You're listening to Comedy Central. From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central, it's America's only source for news. This is the Daily Show with your host Jordan Clemert. Welcome to the Daily Show.

I'm Jordan Clapper and can I just be the last person to say, happy Valentine's Day. But be careful out there, according to your mom's Facebook, there's fentanyl in the chocolates. We got a great show for you tonight, so let's get into the headlines. Let's start with the border crisis, shall we? For months, Congress has been unable to take concrete steps to find a real solution. But yesterday, House Republicans stood up, joined hands, and said, F. Let's pull a cheap stunt instead. For the first time in almost 150 years, the cabinet secretary has been impeached, House

lawmakers impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alhunder Mayorkas yesterday by an extremely thin margin of one, 214 to 213. They think Secretary of Newarkas has not done a good job, but they don't really have a case that he has committed what we are supposed to be looking for, which is high crimes and misdemeanors........ Well. Well. Well. Well. Well. Well it the the theyners. Well it they, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, to to th thi- thi, thi, to to to to to to to to to to to to thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to, to to, to to their, their, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the the the thi, the the the the the the thi, thi, thi, thi, is thi, thi supposed to be looking for, which is high crimes and misdemeanors. Well, it sends a message that we're not just going to sit by while the Secretary of Homeland Security fails to do his job at keeping our homeland safe. Really? House Republicans? Really? That's grounds for impeachment now? Doing a bad job? That's the standard you guys want to set because you're not exactly crushing it right now. You can't pass legislation, you can't settle on a speaker.

The most you guys have gotten done is one Beetlejuice hand job. And even that wasn't too completion. I mean, come on, I could have knocked out two before the curtain rises, you know? But fine. They impeached Alejandro Maiorcas. I guess House Republicans think they can solve the border crisis by removing one Latino at a time. So, congratulations to House Speaker Mike Johnson for finally getting something past. Although, you know who's going to be pretty upset about that?

Mike Johnson from four years ago. The founding fathers, the founders of this country warned against single-party impeachments. They said that it would be bitterly divisive, perhaps irreparably divisive for the country. I definitely won't regret that in a few years. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to French Kiss a Bat at the Wuhan wet market. But let's move on to more consequential congressional news. Yesterday, Long Island voters had a special election to replace this guy, George Santos. Yeah, let's go first. Sure. Famous for getting expelled, dressing like a ventriloquist dummy, and running away from

all of America's finest journalists. Run away for me all you want, George, you'll have to talk to me when I pay for that cameo. Those are the rules. It's in the contract. Read the fine bread, George, I'm coming for you. But the race to replace Santos wasn't just a local issue. It had national implications, because both parties were looking to see what the result would tell them about November. So let's break down this race. In one quarter, we had Tom Swazie, and in the other corner we had Mazzi.

Swazi versus Mazzi. Even Dr. Seuss was like, you know, it's a little much. Now looking at their pictures, you can probably guess which candidate is in which party. But you'd be wrong. And you need to do better. The white guy is Democrat Tom Swazie. Funny story, he actually held the seat before George Santos, but then he left to run for governor. And Tom, how did that go? I ran for governor and I got my ass kicked.

Fair. Thanks for your honesty. That's the Democrats champion, Tom Swazie. I'm the guy who got my ass kicked. This man failed and got another chance. This is what sociologists referred to as a reverse female movie director. Meanwhile, the Republican is Mazie Pillup and she contains multitudes. Mazie Pillop is in fact a registered Democrat though she was elected to the Nassau County legislature as a Republican. Pillup, a mother of seven and wife of a Ukrainian immigrant, is an Ethiopian Jew.

Born in southern Ethiopia, she immigrated to Israel, joining their military, the IDF, before moving to the United States. That's a big gun. Okay. An Ethiopian Jewish refugee immigrant, Republican Democrat, mother of seven married to a Ukrainian who served in the IDF.

And she's like if you ask Chet GPT to write a bio-based on all the news. Now, if this race has national implications, then understanding what issues resonated with voters is crucial. And in Long Island, one issue stood out. Both candidates made the case that they are tougher on immigration. I'll work across the aisle to do what our leaders haven't. Secure our border. At the same time, the two attacked each other on the issue. Because Tom Swazie repeatedly weakened America's borders. Guys, guys, guys, relax. There's plenty of migrants to demonize for the both of you.

Okay, so both Swazi and Mazzy made immigration a big part of their platform. But just as revealing as what they were running on was who they were running away from. Mazzi refused to ask Trump for his endorsement. And Swazi politely asked President Biden to stay the fuck away. Would you want a campaign with Biden? I could pretty much guarantee that the president's not going to be coming to campaign here. But this is a huge seat.

I mean, don't you think the president could be helpful and if he came out here? I don't think it would be helpful just as I don't think Donald Trump would be helpful to my opponent. And this race is really very local. He's declining the president's offer like how you decline your dad's offer to babysit. So sweetie, you pops, but we don't want to put you out and Billy really doesn't want to play with your keys for three hours. He's 15. Of course Swazi is right. A Biden visit would not be helpful, especially to Biden. You don't want Joe having to learn any new names right now. His brain is in a sort of one-in-one-out situation. Tom Swazie, nice to meet you. I'm, oh no.

So that was the candidates, and the issues they ran on, and last night we found out who had the winning strategy. Democrat Tom Swazie easily winning a special election in New York's third congressional district defeating Mazzi Pillup by eight points. Thank God. Let me just enjoy this for one more minute, okay? Yes. Let me enjoy this. Tomorrow I start the world's worst

job. Yes, Tom Swazie won the race handily. Another question is, what does it mean for November? Of course, Donald Trump has his own opinion. Former President Donald Trump blamed Phillips loss on her lack of loyalty to him. He said that though he boasts an almost 99% endorsement success rate in primaries and a very good number in the general elections, this very foolish woman didn't endorse me. Maga, which is most of the Republican Party stayed home, and it will always, unless it is treated with the respect that it deserves, I stayed out of the race. I want to be loved, in quotes. I'm. I. I. I. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I the the the the the the the the the the the the the, I'm the the, I'm the, I'm the, I'm thii. I'm thi. I'm thi. thi. thr-n' thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thr. thr. thr. thr. tr. tr. tr tr tr true, true, true, truu. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. trueee. true is treated with the respect that it deserves, I stayed out of the race, I want to be loved in quotes. I'm not sure what that I want to be loved in quotes is.

You don't know? You don't know what a bitter old man alone in his room tweeting into the abyss, I want to be loved, the night before Valentine's Day means? Haven't you seen a person make a Freudian slip with his thumbs before? That's for Democrats, they were gifted a blueprint for 2024. Joe Biden, heads up. The path is clear. You can win re-election in three, easy, steps. One, get out there with a strong message. Two, tackle immigration head on. And three, don't campaign with Joe Biden.

For more analysis on last night's election, we go to Troy Iwana out in Long Island. Troy. What do you think the national implications of this election are? It was a local election on Long Island. So none. No. I mean, a local election with national implications. I mean, when you look at it, if you... Stop it! Who cares?

So, no. I mean, a local election with national implications. I mean, when you look at it, if you- Stop it! Who cares! A Democrat winning in New York is not exactly shocking news. It's like, it's like finding out vaccines make you gay. We know!

That's why we're taking them! Right. Okay. Okay. But Long Island is a good bellwether. It's middle class, it's suburban, it's diverse. Yeah, those are really good points, but also it's Long Island. Why are you looking for a lesson from people who voted for George Santos, Root for the Mets

and idolized Billy Joel? We shouldn't be learning from them. We should pity them. Okay, no, I actually really like Billy Joel. Of course, we all do. But we're not supposed to be proud of it. Okay? He's a guilty pleasure, like reality TV or cocaine. I just don't think we should be looking for insight from an island that named their hockey team the Islanders. The Long Island Islanders. It's not exactly a bunch of Hemingways out here.

Okay, noted. So nothing to be learned, just not a thing. There's one thing I'd like to learn, how to get home. The Long Island Railroad is confusing and scary. Who is Ron Concoma? Jordan, please send me an Uber. We'll send you in Uber. Troy Ywana, everybody.

When we come back, author Joshua Green is here. So go over. Go ahead. Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show, it's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting, you'll be saying to yourself, TGID, thank God it's Thursday. We're going to be talking about all the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me, the election, economics, earnings calls.

What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance, it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast.

Welcome. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is a national correspondent for Bloomberg Business Week and best-selling author whose new book is called The Rebels. My guest tonight is a national correspondent for Bloomberg Business Week and best-selling author whose new book is called The Rebels, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Alexandria O'Cazia Cortez, and the struggle for a new American politics. Please welcome Joshua Green. Josh, welcome. So, your last book, Devil's Bargeon, was about Steve Bannon and the rise of far-right

populism. This book is looking at the far left and the rise of populism and the progressive movement. Is this what you brought us for Valentine's Day? I'm giving you the gift of a book that's not about Trump or Biden or the depressing presidential rematch. It's gonna dominate our lives for the next nine. Yes. That's my gift to you this Valentine's. Thank you. This is a rest but for people who need a break read about Bernie Sanders. There you go. He'll cheer you up. Yes. You talk about this book about the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. th. the th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the. the. the. the. the. the the the the the Yes. You talk about this book, about the rise of the left and the progressive and the progressive movement and populism, and also you talk about how it has

a symbiotic relationship with the more moderate wing and the Joe Biden side of it all. Talk to me how you see those two things working symbiotically. Yeah, well, I mean, the book starts in 2008, because I date the rise of this left populist movement to the reaction from the financial crisis. And after that, everybody was angry. There was a big backlash. On the right, it led to the Tea Party and to Donald Trump. But on the left, it gave rise to people like Warren, who were able to articulate the deep dissatisfaction. A lot of Americans had the the the the the the thaaaaaa, the tha, thiia, thia, thia, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, everybody, thi, th. And, th. th. th. th. thi, th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thri, tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. And, the. And, thi, with a fact that the government was bailing out Wall Street banks, but that they weren't helping the middle class. And, you know,

over the years we saw with the rise of Warren, who used her platform, including places like the Daily Show, to spread this message. You saw the rise of Bernie Sanders and his presidential race, and ultimately this just became an important part of Democratic Party politics. And when Donald Trump won, I think it woke up a lot of Democratic officials who said, gosh, we better listen to these people. And Joe Biden's presidency has really managed to kind of unite the populists and the moderates. He's put into place a lot of things that Warren and Bernie and AOC have argued for. And so we're heading into the November election with Democrats really unified behind Joe Biden. Now that's interesting you say that.

Mostly unified. Mostly unified. Mostly unified. Well, because I don't, I don't theoretically see that. It doesn't seem as if that is the feeling I would say most Democrat. They don't feel like they're lining up charged ready to vote for Joe Biden right now. I think a lot of more far left Democrats still feel like their. their. their. their. their. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. their. their, their, their, thi. thi. to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to. theeeei. thei. thei. I's. I's. I'm thee. I'm their. I'm toe. I'm toe. I's inter. I'm toe. I think a lot of more far left Democrats still feel like their voices aren't being heard. How are their voices being heard and seen through a vessel like Joe Biden? Well, I think you can look at it two different ways. At the national level, all of the important left-wing Democrats, including my three characters, have all come out, their characters, have all come out wanted to. And even AOC, who's had some problems with him lately, came out yesterday and said she thought he was one of the best presidents in recent U.S. history. So they're pretty much united.

But when it comes to the actual kind of rank and file of left, especially younger voters, there is a lot of dissatisfactionaction with Biden. Maybe it's because of its age, he's kind of old, he looks like grandpa, maybe it's because of his positions. Kind of old, kind of old. Really old, it looks a lot like grandpa. He looks like grandpa, sure, yes. So does Trump, but... Yes. They're both, they're both quite old, sure. Yes. Yes. But the challenge for Biden is going to be how can he bring those younger people back into his coalition? I think their. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the, the, th. thi, thi, the, th. th. th, th, th, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the, the, the, the th. the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi is that, you know, my characters will be effective surrogates. It's either that or you're going to have to count on, you know, going on Tick-Tock and trying to attract them in other unorthodox ways that, you know, maybe the Biden campaign is going to be so good at.

Well, I'm curious. You talk a lot of time on the field. You're covering this election. I was recently in South Carolina and Biden has pretty good numbers right now when it comes to the economy, the stock markets up, inflation seems to be going down. You know we have unemployment that is incredibly low right now, but when I talk to the MAGA folks, those aren't the indicators that they care about. Partially because... I'm shocked.

Yes. But I think sometimes it's a political dodge. But sometimes what they focus on is gas, and oftentimes gas could never be low enough for folks. But housing, housing is an indicator that they feel like the Biden administration is not dealing with and the real people in America are frustrated with that as an indicator. Like are the Democrats missing that conversation? Are the Democrats missing that's missing? That's been the main challenge that Biden has had to deal with?

Looking at the middle parts of America and Democrats? No, I don't think they're missing it. That's been the main challenge that Biden has had to deal with and you hear that from Republicans, Independents, and Democrats. You know, unless you spent the last three years like only eating at a Taco Bell, like you've probably experienced price inflation and you're not real happy about it. I bet also you're not really happy about it if you spent the last few years just eating that. But look, look, people's views of the economy are looked at through the lens of political partisanship. It's true for Democrats.

They were very unhappy about the economy, poll said, when Donald Trump was president. So there's a certain group of people and their MAGA Republicans who are probably never going to be happy with the state of the economy under Joe Biden. But what you really need to look at are Democrats and independence. And the one thing that th the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the theateate the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the theean. tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. the. the. the But what you really need to look at are Democrats and Independents. And the one thing that Biden really has going for him, running for re-election, is that he dealt with the deepest financial crash we've had since the great financial crisis, the one that followed the COVID crash,

by doing what my characters wanted, what Warren and Sanders did. We had three rounds of stimulus and beefed up unemployment benefits and student loan freezes. And the economy three years later is in really strong shape, as you pointed out. So Biden's best hope is that, you know, in the ensuing nine months, people are not going to be able to ignore all these positive signs. The 401k is going to go up. They're going to get a good job. They're going their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their thoom. thoom. thoom. thoom. thoom. thoomorrow thoom. thoomorrow. to thoom. thoom. th. th. thoom. th. thoom. thoom. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. And, th. th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. th. th. th. th. thin. th. to the. to to to to to to to the to toe the the the the the the the the. the. the. they're going to get a good job, they're going to feel more positive and we can see measures like consumer sentiment that have turned around pretty

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But since you wrote this book, we've had what's happening with Israel and Palestine. And I think we are starting to see to see to see to see a to see a to see a to see a the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th.. the their th. their their thi. thi. their thiolest. the. their thiolesthiolest. th. th. the world's the world's their their their their their their their their their the world's the world's the world's the world's the world's the world's the world's the world's the world's the world's their their their th. their th. th. th. th. their thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. the.oeseseseseseseseseseseslou. thea. the. the. the. the. the.'ve had what's happening with Israel and Palestine. And I think we are starting to see a real shift in the Democratic Party. Obviously, AOC's response, probably not surprising to folks, but Bernie and Warren have been vocally critical, a BB, leaving Biden in a weird location right now. How do you see him squaring that with a party that he needs to win over, and these rebels, as you call them, clearly taken a much the the their their their their their their their to to to their the, thi thi take take taken a taken a ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, thi, thae, thae, thi, thi, thi, thae, thi, thi, thi, to see to see to see to see to see to see thi, thi, thi, their shift, their shift, their shift, their, their, their, their, their, their, tode, tode, tod squaring that with a party that he needs to win over and these rebels as you call them clearly taking a much stronger tact? It's a great question. I mean in a lot of ways the story of my

book is the story of how Democrats came together on economics over the last 15 years but just in the last couple months we've seen a new fissure open up between the left and the center and the Democratic Party over Israel. And it's something that I think kind of has taken the Biden White House by surprise. Biden initially came out and was very much pro-Net and Yahoo. And then as things went south in Gaza, and you could see the rebellion of the left flank of ordinary rank and file voters, but also of important elected Democrats like AOC, like Bernie Sanders, it's a problem that they don't really know how to square.

And so you've seen the White House express concern and all these kind of Washington buzzwords, but I don't think that that's really satisfying anyone. And that's something they're going to have to figure out because in a divided country like we've had in what I'm sure shaping up to be a 50, the they're going to need every vote they can get. And these are a group of voters right now, people who are upset about Israel's campaign in Palestine that don't at least don't tell pollsters that they're real excited to vote for Joe Biden right now. What do you see the Democratic Party? Is it reflecting the Democratic Party reflecting? Is it reflecting more of an AOC version of the

Democratic Party or is it a Biden's version? Yeah, it's a good question. I think if you look at where the Democratic Party is today vis-a-vis where it was, let's say in 2008 during the last crash at the beginning of the book, completely different party. Like when I came to Washington as a report in 2000, Biden was considered so pro-corporate that we used to kind of jokingly call on the senator from corporate America. But if you flash forward 15 years to Joe Biden as president today, he's out walking on UAW picket lines, instituted a recovery plan that was geared so much toward the middle class that pushed so much money out the door to working people that it actually caused inflation. And you look at what it is that thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi the politicians thi the politicians thi thi the politicians thi the politicians thi thi the politicians thi thi the thi thi thi thi thi thi, thi, tho-a thi, thi, thi. Wea tho-a th. th. th. the. the. th. the, the, the, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. I the. I the. I the. I'm to tean. I'm toean. I'm tean. I'm to, tea. I'm tea. to, thea. I'm that actually caused inflation and you look at what it is that that politicians like Warren and

Sanders have called for. I think that's really a large degree of unity on economics and that's one reason why the party has remained unified behind Joe Biden. So I think he's come a long way in kind of melding the two wings of the party in a way that really kind of points the direction forward for Democrats generally, I think. I don't think we're ever going to go back to a time when, if there's another financial crisis, Democrats are going to hand all the money to Wall Street banks.

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to be talking about. All the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election. Economics. Earnings calls. What are they things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election. Economics. Earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance, it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday?

I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Thanks. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest is an actor, you know, from Captain Marvel, No Time to Die, and The Woman King. She plays Bob Marley's wife Rita in the new biopic, Bob Marley, One Love. Please welcome, Lashana Lynch. Please welcome Lchana Lynch. Thank you. Your friends were great. They're lovely, right? How lovely. How lovely?

Lovelin. They are. They are just beautiful. Might you say it's all one love? Oh, I like it. That's nice. It was nice. It was very nice.

Well, John, Going through some of the things you've picked up over the last few years, when you're part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you learn to fly a plane. In Woman King, you learned how to fight, in no time to die, you learn how to arm and disarm and fire a gun. Do you feel ready for the impending apocalypse? Yeah. Yes, yes. You've done the work, you prep for it. That's why I've been prepping for all my life. I was like, you found a way to get paid for it. So whatever happens post-Nove, you're going to be in a great space.

Basically, yes. You got to sneak your little skills in. You've got to get into it. You can now write it off on your taxes. It's great. Exactly. How do you know that's what else I was trying to do? This is smart, all right? Yes. Yes. What did you what what skill did you pick up working on the latest movie One Love? Oh, none of that? None of that? None of that? No, balanced, spiritual woman. So I had to make sure that she was grounded at all times. You had to work on yourself. I had to work on myself, my spiritual self, my inner self, make sure that I was collected enough to, you know, take all of the experiences of all the training that you just told me about and put them into good use. Now I think, you know, when a lot lot lot lot lot lot lot lot lot lot lot lot lot tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho the the the tho thoomoom, thoomoom, th. th, th. thoomo-a tho tho tho tho tho tho the the the the the the the their their their their their their their their their their their their their their, thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to to to to to to to to toooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. to to to use. Now I think, you know, when a lot of people think of Bob Marley,

perhaps they're not as familiar with the story of Rita Marley, right? For me in college, Bob Marley, I love Bob Marley, he was a poster on a wall. And I thought Legend was an album that he made as opposed to a greatest hits album, which is the mistake most collegethis film you see that she's really the backbone of the Bob Marley story. Like when you read this what what did you know about Rita's story and what drew you to this? Well my parents are Jamaican they're born in Jamaica so I had a responsibility to take the role and make sure that it was everything that it needed to be represent Rita Marley in the way that she deserved to and also to uphold to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the to to the the the the the to to the the to the to to to the to the to the the to the the the the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the theyroea.a.a.a.a.a. Iea. toe. that she deserved to, and also to uphold the legend's story. The legend that we know today, you know, didn't come from

nowhere. She literally is the backbone. She held everything together. She ensured that, you know, her children, I mean, the geniuses that they are today. And I just wanted to make sure that the remarkable woman remained a remarkable woman in the story and that the female narrative was told in the way that we know it should be, especially as a woman, as a black woman, and of Jamaican descent. I just wanted to make sure that everyone was on the same case. Yeah, just like, I mean, my parents are from Michigan. I would say that feels stressful to me. Just a big backpack, like light stress. Yes, just a light stress.

I mean, my parents are from Michigan, so if I had to play Eminem, that would be a lot of stress for me. Make sure you get it right, do it right. Maybe Kid Rock would be an easier fit, sadly, I don't know. We can talk to someone, make it happen. Could we? Yes. Eminem, if you're out there, let me, I know you're a better actor than I am and more successful. You could probably play yourself, but think about me. You met Rita Marley, right?

Not only is it the pressure of upholding this real life figure who is still alive and people have opinions about her and what her role is, but you're also creating this role in the shadow of somebody who is there and watching, correct? What was it like to meet Rita Marley? And what did you glean from her? Sometimes you like meet someone and it feels like a film. Like I walked into her house and her back was turned to me and it kind of felt like I'd imagined smoke underneath her chair and like clouds above her and it just felt like I was walking into some kind of like, heavenly space. Because she's just really quite angelic, actually,

really peaceful and chill. And I remember when I stepped in, I'd only been there for like a minute. And her daughter, Sharon was like, mom says that she's really happy that you're here. And she says that you have the energy, like, the energy. Okay. The energy? The energy? Oh. Yeah.

Did you know what the energy was? Are you like, oh, fuck? What am I giving off? Is it fair moans? Is it vibe? Tell me what the energy? Exactly. Can you look just describe that to me so I know that I'm in the right place? Like, I've got the wrong address? because I don't know what I'm doing. No, it was like a kind of a meeting of spirits it felt like because when I did eventually sit down with her I left my

book that had three pages of notes in it in my bag and just sat on the floor and crossed my legs and just kind of like looked up to her almost like a little school girl looking at a teacher and just soaked her in, soaked in her spirit and her energy and and it reminded me that this process has to, I kind, I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind kind I I I I kind to kind to kind to kind to kind to kind to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the their.. their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I the. I the. I the. I the. I the. I the. I thea. I the. I the. I the. I the. I the. I th in, soaked in her spirit and her energy. And it reminded me that this process has to, I kind of have to kick the actor thing to the side and realize that I'm a vessel bringing this incredible woman's life or slice of her life to the globe. And like you said, you know, Bob Marley, you can, there's information for days on the internet about him. With Rita Marley, you know, unfortunately, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I, I, I, I'm, I'm, I'm, I, I, I have the, I have the, I have the, I have the, I have the process, I have the process, I have the, I have the, I have the, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'm, I'm the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the process, I kind, you can, there's information for days on the internet about him. With Rita Marley, you know, unfortunately culturally less so, but it was an opportunity for me to give the world an education on how incredible she is and how meaningful she is to our culture in

Jamaica and in the continent of Africa, like she's just so powerful and her voice has been, you know, doing all sorts of, it's like, her voice is like that phone, it's just kind of like, This is what you feel, you know what I mean? Was that the energy? It's just the energy, that's what I'm talking about, the energy, it's exactly that. Thank you so much for that cue. It's really, well, you describe like an intimacy with a person that unfortunately I don't know if I've ever experienced with another human being in my own life. That came off like a cry for help and I, uh...

Is it okay? Is it okay? You really bring it out of people, don't you? Oh my God. Take a minute. He's just gonna take a second. Oh God. Oh God.

I didn't learn it off in my acting glasses. Should I take over? Thank you, yes. Yeah, good, please. Please. Did you get notes on set from family members? Yeah, we did. Yeah, we did. No, but I needed them.

I really needed them. Because, you know, as an actor, you do your research and you sit with the character? We have like eight months months I think, myself and Kingsley to sit with it, have the conversations, develop her, speak with Rita Mali again and then we had Ziggy Mali and Siddella Mali on set nearer on every day just to kind of tweak things, you know to give us the accuracy and to give us the guidance and the confidence that we needed because we're playing real legends here and we didn't to to to to to to to to to to to to to th th th th th th th th th th to the the the the the the the the the the the the an the theateateate the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the they. they. they. they. they. the. the. I I Ie. Iean. Iean. I'm thean.ean.eateateateateateateatria.eateateateatria.eateate.eateate. Iea. Iea. Iea. the. the confidence that we needed because we're playing real legends here and

we didn't want to do anything by chance and kind of make anything up that wasn't realistic. So every so often I'd go to the monitor and be like, do I sound like your mom say this? Do I feel like your mom today? Do I feel like your mom today? Do I feel like your mom today? I need to be like, what's that? Am I a mom tell her? Tell me, tell me, tell me right now! I need to be like, yeah, yeah, all good, all good. And of course, in my actor's self I'd go away and be like, I'm not like his mom, I'm terrible, I don't know what. But he just in the back, like, mom, no, mom, no, yeah, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, and less, and less, less, and less, less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and less, and that, and that, of the shoot and I thought, you know what, we've done, we've done a good job in telling this story.

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