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Episode Date: February 18, 2022

Trevor examines the controversial drill rap genre, Jordan Klepper talks to protesting truckers in Canada, and writer and director Janicza Bravo discusses her movie "Zola." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Yo, does anybody understand how weather actually works? Because this thing seems like a scam, man. Like, I don't want to sound like a conspiracy series, but it seems like a scam, man. It's winter, and then it's hot all of the sudden, but just like for two days. Who does that? Why they do that to us, man? Especially when you live in New York, because you have to put your clothes, like you don't have enough space to just keep your full closet, which is a thing I didn't know when I came from South Africa.

In South Africa, we're ready for anything all the time. In New York, they're like, did you put away your winter clothes? What am I a bear? Coming to you from the heart of Times Square in New York City, the only city in America. It's the d, Ears Edition. Tonight, drilling down on drill rap. Clepper in Canada. And Janixa Bravo. This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Hey, what's going on everybody.

Welcome to the Daily Show. Let's jump straight into today's headlines. We kick things off with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which by the time you watch this has either started already, is about to start any minute or was never going to start at all. And one reason no one seems to know exactly what is going to happen is that Russia is playing all sorts of mind games. As Russia claims it is pulling back troops from Ukraine's border, a senior Biden administration official accuses Russia of lying and of moving troops around while adding 7,000 to the some 150,000 troops already near Ukraine's borders.

Britain's military intelligence chief, in a rare rare statement said there have been sightings of additional armored vehicles, helicopters and a field hospital moving toward Ukraine's borders. There are now questions this morning about why Russia would claim to de-escalate while apparently not doing it. Propaganda, a play to create confusion, or deliberate misdirection to hide an attack. They have not moved any of the troops out. they'd move more true to to to tr troops to true true to to true to to true true true to to to to true tha tha tha tha tha tha direction to hide an attack. They have not moved any of their troops out, they've moved more troops in.

Number one, every indication we have is they're prepared to go into Ukraine, attack Ukraine. Okay, okay, wait, wait, people, people, can ask you a question? Why is America's president always answering questions in front of a helicopter? Like, is there not a better solution to this? And it's not just Biden, like Trump the whole time, what we're going to be doing? As we go, and then Biden, we're trying to do it. Like, turn the helicopter off until he gets on. You're wasting fuel. And do you know how much gas is right now, Joe Byron? You're also saying important things. You don't want people to mishear what you say. Imagine if I was like, hey guys, hey guys,

as Trevor Noah, I've discovered something that will solve all of the world's problems. What we need to do is, and that's what will solve the world. But yes, America's accusing Russia of lying about pulling troops back from Ukraine while actually still preparing to invade it. And I'm not going to lie, guys. It wouldn't be a surprise if Russia is being sneaky. I mean, this is the same country that hides dolls inside bigger dolls. I mean this is the same dolls.

Now, how sick you have to be to do that. Now, how sick you have 't show the gratitude to the person. I didn't know it was two dolls. It's three dolls. I didn't show three dolls. I didn't show three dolls. How many dolls? Then I'm like, how many dolls?

Then I break the last one And people are saying that what Putin is doing here is really disingenuous, but can I be honest with you, I really actually understand this move. In fact, anyone who's ever played Call of Duty knows what this move is all about, right? Your mom calls you down for dinner, and what do you do? Yeah, I'm coming, mom. I'm just wrapping up a mission. I'll be right there. All right, guys, let's go again. This time, stop messing around on the bystation, Nick. Come on! But America is certain. They are certain that Russia is still planning to invade.

In fact, today, the US Secretary of State even said that what Russia might do to justify an invasion is launch fake or even real chemical weapons at themselves and then blame it on Ukraine. Yeah, yeah, first of all, spoilers, hello? Secondly, can you imagine that staging a chemical attack on yourself to justify your invasion? That's pretty messed up. Especially for the Russian soldiers who have to carry out the mission. So we launch this on ourselves but this is fake, yes? Yeah, we will find out when bomb explode. Mystery, excitement.

And you know people, as erratic as the Russian's actions might seem, you understand what they're doing right now, right? They're playing chess. This is literally what chess is all about. Oh, I'm moving forward. Oh, I'm attacking. Oh, I'm moving forward. Oh, I'm moving backwards. Oh, I'm attacking. No, I'm not. The horse is going this way. Then it turns.

This is what Russia's doing. This is literally it. And the Russians love playing chess. They've been designed for this moment. Meanwhile, the rest of us, we don't play chess anymore. Five-letter word that ends in DE. Plate? No. All right, let's move on from a country that's trying to take over the world, to a dictatorship that already runs the world.

Disney. The magical company is known around the world for its amusement parks, its movies, and for having the fanciest rats. But now, they're apparently moving into real estate. You see, yesterday, Disney announced that it will be building planned communities where residents can be, quote, part of Disney all the time, which I guess means you have to wait in line

for three hours to use your own bathroom. And look, guys, as much as I'm for decriminalizing drugs, I don't know if we should encourage people to take them at work. Because this sounds like an idea that was inspired by a th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, to th, to to th, thi, to to thi, thi, thi, to, thi, thi, thi, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, quote, to, quote, to, quote, quote, to, quote, quote, 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 to to to the the the the their, to to the the, to to thi, to to to the the to the the the, to to to to to to to to the to take them at work. Because this sounds like an idea that was inspired by something extra if you know what I mean? Like what if the whole world was Disney all the time? Like just all the time. Oh I love this guy. He's so great. I love it. Disney all the time. Oh man I'm'm so f-fee up right now. And now look, don't get me wrong. I love Disney, by the way. I personally love Disney.

I love Disney land. I love Disney world. But I think the Disney experience will lose its magic if you relive it every day. You can't do Disney every day. I mean, like, I don't want to pretend I'm to pretend I'm a to pretend I'm a to pretend I'm a make to pretend I'm a make to pretend I'm a make to pretend I'm a make to pretend I'm a make to pretend I'm a to pretend I'm a to pretend I'm a to make to make to make to make to make to make to make a to make a to make a wish to make to make a wish to make a wish 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 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 to to the thi thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th or a year at max, you know, special occasions. And by the way, if you think this idea sounds creepy, just like living in Disney all the time, wait until you see the promo video that they released. These vibrant communities will be infused with Disney place making.

Picture an energetic community with the warmth and charm of a the small town and the beauty of a resort. A place that entices inspiration, it makes th thensensensensensensensensensensensensensensensensens. th more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more more th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, thi, thi, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I I I I I th. I I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thii. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. charm of a small town and the beauty of a resort. A place that entices inspiration makes every moment more memorable than the last. A story living by Disney community is something truly special. Communities infused with Disney place making. Am I the only one who thinks that sounds like a cult? I'm not saying it is a cult, but you saw how it looked and how it sounded. It feels like a cult, you know?

I'm not saying it is a cult, I'm just saying it feels like a cult. Yeah. Like if you decide to live there, don't be surprised if you get home one day and it ends with goofy banging your wife. I mean, even if it's not a cult, I don't, Iust it. You know, a perfect community that just feels like an ideal small town. I saw Wonder Vision, Disney. You're not fooling me, I know how the shit ends. And by the way, by the way, this isn't the first time that Disney has tried to invent a town that also had a lot of hype

at first, and then a few years later did so badly that they had to offload it to a private equity firm. I mean, so what does Disney think? I think they can just rehash the same idea with a modern spin and then people will throw money at it. It'll never work. It's just not going to work. All right, that's it for the headlines. Let's move on to our top story. And our top story is about rap. The thing your 50-year-old cousin still thinks he has a shot at. Rap has been around for decades. And it's gotten so mainstream, it's now

even part of the Super Bowl halftime show. But now, there's a new style of rap that's blowing up. And it's gotten to the point where the mayor of New York is so concerned that he's trying to rein it in. Mayor Eric Adams is trying to curb the violence associated with drill rap. Now, that's a branch of rap music that is about the violent side of the streets. I had no idea what drill rapping was, but I called my son and he sent me some videos and it is alarming. Drill rap came under renewed scrutiny after 18-year-old artist Jaquan McKinley's murder earlier this month. Adams made national headlines late Friday when he called out social media companies for their

responsibility in promoting violence in drill rap videos and he vowed to put a plan in motion. And we pulled Trump off Twitter because of what he was spewing. Yet we are allowing music, displaying of guns, violence. We allowing it to stay on these sites. Okay, okay. Hold on. It is not fair to compare President Trump to rappers. All right? Rappers are all about dissing their haters and banging porn stars and bragging about how rich they are even when they're secretly broke. Does that sound like Donald

Trump to you? You show some respect. And yeah, once again, social media companies are in the crosshairs because, you know, these days they're getting pressure to take a lot down., right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, right, 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 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 to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the crosshairs because, you know, these days they're getting pressure to take a lot down, right? COVID misinformation, election misinformation, hate speech, bullying, they can't keep up. I mean, still, the only thing that's going to be left on social media is just going to be cat photos and things your grandpa accidentally twee while trying to Google, where did Genie and I have our first date? But the real question is, what is drill rap? And why is it even scaring the mayor of New York? Well, let's find out.

In another installment of, if you don't know, now you know. Rap music, aka Hippity Hop. It's a music form that tackles every topic, you know, it talks about relationships, talks about money, social issues, life on the streets, bawling. It can even talk about the relative moisture content of vaginas. But it can also celebrate gang violence. And that's what has some people worried about drill rap. The hard-driving beats and dark ominous sound of drill originated in Chicago.

It was also heavily gang affiliated. It got a new life in Brooklyn and was brought into the mainstream by the late pop smoke. Drill music has been around for more than a decade, but local activists tell us what's different is that the music now has a darker tone with drill rappers creating songs and viral dances that celebrate local murders. Leaky got shot, what the hell's fast?

Face hot. Corbyn got kidding out. They found his poems. More than the music itself. NYPDD is's the taunting and dissing in the lyrics that are rapped and posted on social media that fuel the violence. It's dissing people that passed, it's dissing people family members, it's dissing people homies and when that happens, their homies, their family members and their peoples is gonna retaliate, and it's just a never-enden cycle. Yeah, that's right A lot of the lyrics in drill rap aren't just about street life and violence in general.

No, there are attacks on specific people in rival gangs and especially taunting people who were already murdered. Which if you're asking is way over the line, people. Like what are you trying to prove at that point? The person is dead. Why you got to make songs dissing a dead, a a a their, their, We were gonna let you in, but little tray bodied you so hard on that track, you gotta go to hell. Ha ha ha, no busters allowed through the pearly gates.

Ho, they roasted you, kid. And look, I'm not a rapper, you know, until my tape blows up. But if you ask me, a good distract this this trakrakrakrakrakrakrakrak d distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract distract, need to call for someone's murder. It doesn't need that. In fact, in my opinion, I think the best distracts don't even mention the names at all. Yeah. Look at Taylor Swift. All she said was that someone stole her scarf, and it ruined Jake Jilin Hall's life. Yeah, that dude wishes he was just shot in the street. But drill rappers getting renewed scrutiny right now because two drill rappers were murdered in New York just this month. And as you can see the backlash has been widespread, right, from Eric Adams to the police to local community leaders on the ground. Even some of New York's biggest hip-hop

DJs. People who love Dru music by the way have said that they're gonna stop playing explicit distracts because they don't want to encourage any more violence. And look the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their their their their their their their their their their their. And tr. And tr. And tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. true. true. true. true. true. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. I I I. I. I. I. I. I. I. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. want to encourage any more violence. And look, you can totally understand where all of these people are coming from, right? They feel like the rap is making the street more dangerous, but don't forget, don't forget, this is an argument that we've heard about rap music for decades. Gangster rap has become incredibly popular and profitable by selling lyrics about black violence now that some of its stars stand accused of doing what they've been rapping about life seems to be imitating art so to speak and the critics are coming out in force so radio stations have refused to play the

most controversial rap records in the wake of the Rodney King verdict and the civil unrest in Los Angeles some police officers across the country now say they're feeling threatened by the lyrics of a rap song. rap. rap. the rap. the the the rap song. the the the the th. they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they th. they they they they're th. th. they're th. they've thi the thi. they've the. the. the. the. Now th. Now th. th. th. Now th. th. Now th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. they've they've they've they've they've they've they've they've they've they've they've they've they've to they've to to to to to to they've to to to they've to to the. the. the. the. theeeeeean. thean. thean. thean. thean. theeeeeeeee. the. th some police officers across the country now say they're feeling threatened by the lyrics of a rap song. Radio stations such as KACE in Los Angeles and WBLS in New York announced they would no longer play songs they considered negative. You have the right of free speech in this country, but you don't have the right to yell fire in a crowded theater. They're yelling, shoot in the community that is proude with guns. They don't seem to see any connection between the kind of music

which they sell for profit and the kinds of problems we have in American society. Rapponents say they're fighting to save a generation. It won't be easy. Last night at the Billboard Music Awards in Hollywood, one of the most foul-mouthed rappers Dr. Dre was upheld as one of the best artists of the year. Oh, that foul-mouthed Dr. Dr. Dre! What a disgrace! I for one will never buy mid-range headphones from that man. But yeah, back in the 90s, people were saying all the same things about rap music that they're saying now about drill rap music.

And you find in another 30 years they'll be saying the same thing about whatever rap is then. These crypto rappers are out of control. We don't feel safe in our own metaverse anymore. And look, please don't get me wrong. Please don't get me wrong. I am not saying the backlash against drill rap is exactly the same situation as the 90s. I'm I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I am not. I am not. I am not. I am not. I am th. I am th. I am th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. T. th. th. th. the same the same the same the same the same the same the same the same th. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. T. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. the the the the the. the the the the the. the the. the same the samethe 90s. I'm not saying that. In fact, this week, Eric Adams actually sat down with a group of drill rappers to hear their side of the story, which is definitely not something that was happening a lot back then. You know, like Rudy Giuliani

never sat down for a meeting with Tupac. And if he did, it was only because he was trying to find dirt on Hunter Biden. But still, the fact that we've that we we that we that we that we that we that that that that that that that that that is that is that that is that that is that that is that is that that is that that is that that is that is thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, is thi, thi, is thi, is thi, is thi, is thi, is thi is thi is thi is thi is thi, is thi, is the the still, the fact that we've been down this road before, probably should be a reason to pause. Just pause before condemning an entire genre. Because a lot of the people that think drill rap is the cause of this violence. Don't realize that if you ask people in the drill rap community, they say, no, it's not the cause of the violence, it's actually the other way around. How are we taking a genre of music and saying, this is the problem in the community? How the f-fix is the problem? That's, yo, that's music.

It's a problem that already existed before they had this genre of music. The music is the expression for trauma. They're rapping about their reality. And they need they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they expression for trauma. They're rapping about their reality and they need to understand that. If, for example, they were sub-bandrial music, is violence going to stop? It's not. So we're seeing it as they're using it as a scapegoat. The community is like, it's like,

there's no hope, there's no opportunity. No, we're just making music so we can get out out outthese places. The lyrics are a manifestation of what is already happening, right? They are actually living their reality, right? So if their reality was different, then they would rap about different things. Yeah, you see from their perspective, people upset about violence and rap music are focusing on the symptom instead of the root cause. Because you want to ban drill rap, but you don't want to ban income 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 to ban income to ban income to ban income to ban income to ban income to ban income to to the the the the the the their their happening their happening their their the happening happening happening happening happening happening happening happening happening happening happening happening happening happening th happening happening thi happening thi happening thi happening thi happening their happening their happening their happening their happening their happening their happening their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their are focusing on the symptom instead of the root cause. Because you want to ban drill rap, but you don't want to ban income inequality. You want to ban drill rap, but you don't want to ban mass incarceration. You want to ban drill rap, but you don't want to ban failing schools.

You want to ban drill rap, but you don't want to ban the things that lead to drill rap. And look, this isn't even unique to this issue, right? Like, attacking the symptom instead of the cause is as American as arming teachers. But just cracking down on drill rappers won't stop anything. They'll just find another way to express themselves, right? You're going to end up creating a generation of drill podcasters. When I'm putting my enemies to sleep, I always do it on a Casper mattress. The point is drill rappers are like any other artist. Their art is going to be an expression of what's around them. If you want to stop the music, don't emulate the same mistakes America has been making for 30 years.

Emulate policies from a country that isn't producing drill rap. Like I'm not trying to start a beef, but there's a reason that the Scandinavian drill scene ain't shit. And yeah I'm talking to you Finland. What you're gonna do? Give me free health care? Shit. And look, don't get me wrong. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying it's necessarily wrong to stop some of these songs from spreading on radio or on social media. I'm not saying that. All I'm saying is that that can't be the only solution. And who knows? Who knows? Maybe if you actually fix the issues in these communities, then maybe, just maybe, the rap music that comes out of them could sound a whole lot difference.

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Best education the man can get. For your degree, not a dime of debt. Don't have to worry about felonies. I'm at home behind really have no complaints. It's a wonderful neighborhood. I got a great home. I got a guy you can call. We could you know get you a good realtor. All right when we come back what the hell is going on in Canada. Well we sent Jordan Klepper to find out you don't want to miss it. Welcome back to the Daily Show. By now you've heard about the massive truck driver protests

in Canada that have shut down major parts of the supply chain. But what exactly is it that these protesters want? Well, to find out, we sent Jordan Klepper up to Canada to ask them personally. For an international episode of Jordan Klepper, fingers the pulse. Three weeks ago, north of the border, a new kind of protest emerged. The trucker convoy has arrived in Ottawa. This city in the downtown core remains gridlocked. Some residents here say that they really can take no more. So I traveled to Ottawa, expecting to find some Canada nice. But their messaging was a bit more course.

These trucks shut down businesses and made roads impassable. Can I go around here? How do I get around? But how long were the protesters planning to paralyze Canada's 8th Best City? David, how long have you been here? I have been here since day one. Hold it down the fort. Pretty much, I'm not going anywhere. I'm coming in from New York.

I go by Brooklyn's kindest on the C-Bane. There you're able to stay here up to two years. You're committed to being here for two years? Yeah, because two years is nothing. Are you going to keep up the energy to be here for two years? That's not a problem, people will bring it. Stimulants? No, no, the people will bring it. I smoke a lot of weed? Yeah, yeah. But that's just to calm me down to keep me and keep me centered. Are you think the government is coming for you? Oh yeah, constantly. They're, you like, night, tell little tactics. They try to look, they move around, they move in, they add more. Are you paranoid? No. Sure.

What kind of stuff do you haul? I haul everything. In 2020 I hauled from food, to building supplies, to medical supplies, to that I ordered from Wayfair like three weeks ago. It's probably up sitting either in Montreal or Toronto or on the border. It would really look great in my apartment. So what exactly was the point of interrupting the supply chain? So what is this all about? You know what? Sorry. What is be any more generic? You know, if you are vaccinated, you get to do certain things. If you're not vaccinated, you don't.

I don't think people should be divided. We should all be together, united. We're setting up essentially a truck barrier to keep everybody together so they can be united. Yes. Gotcha. We might as well lock them in. It's sort of like a parent who locks the door and says, you guys are in here until the water runs out, you become friends or democracy crumples. Yes. And if you're not vaccinated, you're literally a second-class citizen in this country. I can't go to the restaurant, I can't go play hockey, I

can't go watch the Ottawa senators. We don't live in Germany. We don't live in Nazi Germany. Those days are over. Show me your papers don't happen anymore. That's a freedom that everyone should have. Is the Germany comparison a stretch here in Canada? No. Are you afraid of cultural appropriation? Probably. American cultural appropriation, because we use the German excuse all the time. Oddly enough, that wasn't the only thing Canadians were appropriating. Yeah, I hate to use that slogan, but uh, make North America great again.

The meet North America great again and I don't mean to use that guy's word, but it's true. To be honest it wasn't even his, he's told from another guy before him. I see the Q army on your head. Is it Q, the American thing trying to find JFK Jr? Exactly. Yes. What Q's Q-S- shit is going down here? No, Q is a more of a U.S.C. Oh, so this is like a Yankees hat. Exactly. Okay, the Q thing might just be a fashion choice, but they're definitely reading the same

internet as many Americans. But it's more than just a vaccine passport. What else? The agenda 2030 is a good start. What's agenda 2030? That's where the world's had towards one government. They want to sterilize us that only certain people can have kids. Really? You're afraid the government will sterilize you. Probably not me, but down the line, yeah. But in two weeks in the cab of the truck, pissing in a mountain duke can't be too good for the sperm production. Probably stare out of

the medicine, what's the difference? So Margaret Atwood audio books are apparently a thing with Canadian truckers. And while shutting down a city seems to have many obvious downsides. Hey, excuse me. to see an opportunity coming from Hi. Have you seen a Prius around here? Some see an opportunity coming from liberal gridlock. The truckers are bringing in customers, they're bringing in tourists from Montreal. From all across Canada. Everybody wants to check this out. This is essentially a tourist boom for Ottawa right now. You can feel the tourism in the air, right? You can smell it.

It smells like amphetamines and drift or blood. Definitely. The flood of 18 Wheeler driving tourists and their Canadian AF outfits created legitimate tension with residents of the city. No home. No one wants you here. The downtown was shut and there was palpable anger directed at local media. The TV news is lying. Theythey're still lying, guys. They're still lying.

And even at the Daily Show. You know, Nuance. Remember, lack of nuance is tyranny? We're getting booed over here. We've been walking around here. There seems to be a real distrust of media here. Oh, for sure. It's a lot of cameras up in your face, cameras on cameras. And while, the the the the the the their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. And while. And while. And while. And while. And while Canadian. And while Canadian. their their the. And, their their their their their their their their news news news news news news. Wea. Wea. Wea. Wea. Wea, we're th. Wea, wea, wea, wea, wea, wea, wea, wea, wea, wea, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, thi. And, tha, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, t. And, t. And, t. And, t. And, t. And, t. And, t. And, t. And, t. And, t. And, t. And, t face, cameras on cameras. And while Canadian authorities have finally enacted emergency measures to try to clear

the convoy, so far the trucks are still there. And a well-funded, never-ending street party infused with misinformation and nationalism, feels remarkably possible in our own land of the free. Where does this movement go from here? I believe it's going to be worldwide. It's going to come to America? Yes, definitely. You think this is inspiring the dickheads in America? Pardon me?

This is inspiring the dickheads at America? It's inspiring people. People of America to join together to stand for freedom. Okay, if they do come to America, then maybe I'll finally get my fucking end table. Thank you so much for that, Jordan. All right, when we come back, I'll be talking to filmmaker Janixa Bravo, about turning a tweet thread into a movie,

so don't go away. Welcome back to the daily show. My guest tonight is writer and director Janixa Bravo. She's here to talk about how she transformed a viral Twitter thread about a crazy road trip to Florida into one of the movies that everyone has wanted to watch. Worst road trip ever. It's not a good one, yes. It really isn't but it makes for a fantastic story. Janixa Bravo, welcome to the Daily Show. Thank you for having me. You have done something that nobody has tod tod tod tod thea thea thea thea thea thea thea the to the to to their to their to their their to to their to their to to to to write toto the Daily Show. Thank you for having me. You have done something that nobody has done before. You turned a viral Twitter thread into a movie, and not just like a movie.

I mean, this is a full-on Hollywood movie, nominated for multiple awards, congratulations. You know, just, it's like fresh on rotten tomatoes. Everybody loves the story. We read Twitter threads all the time, right? We see tweets that go viral, we see moments, but it's very seldom that you think to yourself this could be turned into a movie and turned into a movie well. What made you think that you could turn a story of a stripper meeting up with a friend of hers as a stripper, meeting up with a friend of hers as a striper, to thrii, and th and th and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thri, and thrific, and thrific, and thrific, and thrific, and thrific, and thrific, thi, thi, thrific, 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, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, thi, th into a movie. Did you read the original thread? Yeah, I did. It's incredible.

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text and words together it was visual and and I already said it was stressful and that's kind of my area. I'm a I would say my umbrella is stressful comedy. I mean if you said to anybody hey would you like to watch this movie that's like about sex trafficking and you know women being exploited and but it's going to be a comedy people be like I'm sorry do you understand what comedy means and yet it feels like comedy is the only way that you could have processed the story not just you as the director but Asia herself writing the story of what happened to her because when we were reading the

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who come behind me or come after me, I hope that it allows them this, it either makes the road a little bit easier for them or it tells them that there's some possibility or some chance. I think you're gonna do that and a whole lot more. Thank you so much for joining me on the show. Thank you for having me. And congratulations on a great film. on Showtime and it is available to rent or buy wherever you get your movies. All right, we're going to take a quick break, but we'll be right back after this. I still can't believe there were no drugs.

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