The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Oops! We Killed the Earth - America's Megadrought | Rosario Dawson

Episode Date: October 14, 2021

A megadrought ravages the American Southwest, Lewis Black rails against the use of de-aging technology in movies, and actor Rosario Dawson discusses her series "Dopesick." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Yo, did you see the Twitter red flag thing that everyone is talking about? What's a red flag? And then everyone's just writing like random things when he says can you borrow me $20 red flag you shouldn't be you know what what's what's crazy about red flags for me is first of all red flags are purely subjective right like red flags are like one person's red flag is another person's a green flag because some people are just like oh when he's too close to his mom. And then other people are like, yeah, I like that he's too close to his mom. And also, like, every relationship is a red flag.

Everyone who gets into, like, it's all a red flag. If someone comes up to you and talks to you, that's a red flag. Let's be honest. All these things are red flags. I want to take you out to dinner. They don't want to take you out to dinner. That's a red flag. They want the thing that comes off to dinner. All these things are red flags. Relationships are red flags. That's what you just say to people. Anyone who's like, I want to to be like to be like to be to be to be to be to be the to be of the shit is a red flag. People like that's a red flag. Yeah, relationships are red flags. And that's what you got to know going in. I take you to be my red flag

through sickness and in health for better or worse. Red flag you till the day we die. That's what love is taking out someone else's red flags and living with Trevor Noah. Hey, what's going on everybody? Welcome to the Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah, let's jump straight into today's headlines. Our first story is about space. It's the place where we're the aliens. And I'm sure you guys saw the big news today. William Shatner, Captain Kirk from the old Star Trek, actually went, actually went into space.

And not fake TV show space where you travel to New World and have sex with green women. No, this was real space. Where you go a few meters over the technical boundary of the atmosphere for 11 minutes, which is not long enough to have sex. But yeah, oldest person ever to go to go to go go go go go to go to go to go to go to go to space, which is amazing. I don't know about you, but I'd love it when old people break records, you know? That's why so many people support Tom Brady. I mean, your grandpa can't throw like that.

And if you ask me, 90 is actually the best age to go to space. Because what's the worst that can happen? You die? Yeah, so what? At 90, dying in a rocket is basically best-case scenario. Now, I know from down here, it's starting to seem like going into space is becoming routine, but it's obviously moving for the people who get to do it, because Shatner tried to describe the trip after he got back, and it clearly cut him deep. Everybody needs to see. It's really, it's really, it's unbelievable to see the blue cover. Whip! By! And now you're staring into blackness. That's the thing. And so you whip off a sheet off when you're asleep, and you're looking into blackness.

This is life and that's that. And it's in an instant you go, wow, that's death. That's what I saw. That's amazing. That's amazing. I am, I am overwhelmed. I love how he's like, this is the most powerful thing I've experienced. And people in the back are like, ha ha ha ha! This space was spacey. thi. this, in this, in thi, in this, in thi, in thi, in this, in th, in th, in th, in th, in th, in th, in th, in th, in th, in th, in th, in th, in thi, in thi, in thi, in thi, in thi, in th, in th, in th, in, in, in, in, in, in, in, in that, in that, in, in that, in that, in thi, in thi, in thi, in thi, in thi, in thi, in thi, in thi, in th. And, in th. And, in th, in th, in th, in th, in th, in thi, in thi, in thi, in thi, in thi, in thi, in thi, in thi, in thi. In thi. In thi. In thi. In thi. In thi, in thi, in thi, in thi, in've experienced and people in the back like, ha ha ha! I was in space! This space was spacey! This was life and death. I said, ah ha ha ha ha! Did you see the tak a selfie in space? It was really emotional

actually. I mean it also is William Shatner, you know that that's kind of how he's been delivering lines for decades. It doesn't matter what he says, touc-touching the void between life and death, reason and madness, such are the deals you can find on priceline.com. I will say it's pretty cool that he gave an Amazon review about his trip to an actual Amazon guy. That was pretty cool. No one gets to tell Jeff Bezos about his products to his face. And by the way, this whole thing made me wonder. Do you think Jeff Bez is just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just just the the the th. the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thoing thoing thi the thoing thoing the thoing the the thoing the th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. the the th. the th. th. th. 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. to to to to tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. the th. the the the way, this whole thing made me wonder. Do you think Jeff Bezos is just secretly swapping us out one by one with clones?

Because like four we know, he's secretly built a factory on the moon, right? And then when you go up there, he just replaces you with a clone, and now your clone, the clone is on earth praising Jeff Bezos. And the real you is working in the Amazon warehouse. You ever think about that? He that? th. thi thi th. thi, th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, th. Because, th. Because, tho, th, th, th, tho, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. th. th. th. th. We thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi's, thooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, switching us around. You don't know. Could be. It could be like one of those crazy scams, you know, where Amazon does that kind of thing. Just like a... Ronnie Chang.

Hey, what's going on, buddy? Oh, hey, sorry, my phone died, so I was just looking for like a book for the commute home, you don't let me interrupt sorry it's good you know you sort of interrupted by by walking behind me while I was doing the thing oh oh oh you're doing a thing right now yeah yeah oh yeah oh so I'm we're taping the show oh okay okay okay I'll be quick let's see Nelson Mandela I don't think Ronnie why don't you just off to the the show get you're 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 th the the the th tho I th. th. th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. 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 the the the the the the the th th th th th th th th the the the the the theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeean. tho. the is the the the the, why don't you just after the show? Gettysburg, I mean, dude, we get it, you're black, all right? We don't have to keep going. Well that's just one section of the books. You know, you can tell a lot of someone by what books they keep.

I know this, your book isn't here. Why would I keep my own book on a shelf? I mean, if you valued? What is, what? What is? What is? What is? What is? What is? What is? What is? W? W? W? W? W? W? W? W? W? W? W? W? W? W? W? W? the book? the book? the book? the book? the book? the book? tha? tha? tholk? 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? th? th? th? th? th? th? th.? th.? th. th.? th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi? thi? thi? th th th th th to? to? to? toe. toe. toe. toe. th th th th th th th th th th th th thi shelf? I mean if you valued your contribution to literature, then maybe you would. What was your book called again? Was it Baby Criminals or what Guilty as charged or I did it? Or was that OJ or? Ronnie, pick the book. Oh, hey, did you hear about that William Shatner thing? The guy went to Star Trek? guy from Star Trek went to...

Star Trek is this American TV show that... I just did that. It's an analogy for socialism and working at The Gap. I just did, I just did that on the thing. Yeah, yeah, do you see the guy's crazy? He was 90 years old. He went to space. I mean, it either proves that like William Shatner is the strongest human ever or that going to space is nothing. You know what I mean?

Like, you know, all those videos we see of astronauts training for months, like you don't need any of that. You just need to have breath and you can, if you're not dead, you can go to space, apparently. Also proves how much white people don't love their grandparents. Because, I mean, I never sent my grandparents to Times Square. This place is insane. Anyway, I was talking, it was a good point, but I was, thank you. All right, let's make like nobody in history and move to North Korea.

You probably know that every year Kim Jong-un throws a big parade where he shows off all of his latest military hardware, right? It's how we find out which high-tech missiles they're going to crash into the ocean next. But yesterday, North Korea released footage from this year's weapons display. And people, the only thing I can say is, holy shit. Showcased at this latest event were more than missiles. Soldiers performed high-flying martial arts kicks, smashing blocks. A soldier crashed through a block with his head.

And a bare-chested soldier fought off all comers. Sweet Jesus. You see, that guy, that guy fought up like six dudes at one time. We're gonna smuggle him out of North Korea and get him to Waffle House ASAP. We're gonna smuggle him out of North Korea and get him to Waffle House ASAP. Your new champion is here! The other guy just ran through like a block of concrete. I didn't know North Korea was deploying Kool-Aid Man technology. That's pretty wild to watch.

And that wasn't even the craziest stuff. They bent pipes with their throats. They broke out of chains like a shaved king con. And look at this, look at this shit. Let me tell you guys, man, if the plan to defeat North Korea was to make them lie down, cover them with concrete blocks and hit them with sledge hammers, America is screwed. Uh, no, not that impressive.

I'm sorry, what? I was just saying that. I mean, we've been watching Americans on TV do that for decades now. I mean, do you think that's scary? We should send them, we should have a verses between those guys and Chris Angel, and David Blaine and they have called for a few. Those guys have been lying on that stuff. Go to Vegas for one night. It's one thing for you to interrupt the show. Don't interrupt the show with bullshit. That was impressive. Have you run through bricks with your face?

Oh, I mean, not me. I've seen people do it. If you want to scare the North Koreans, send them jackass one and two. That shit is scary as f- North Koreans would be like, these Americans are insane. Yeah, but like, also, it's still the they they their, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's, the, I. It's, I. It's, I. It's, I. the. the. the. the. the. the. I the, I've the, I've the, I've the the the. I've the, I've the, I've the, I've the, I've the, I've the, I've the. I've 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. I. I. I. I've th. th. I've th. th to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th th to to to th the the. I've the. I've watching TV. I mean I've seen that I've seen that act before. I mean. Those were real, that wasn't like fake, that was real. Okay, sure. So if North Korea decides to invade and destroy America's crumbling infrastructure,

maybe I'd be a bit more worried, but with I don't know man. I think you jaded. I just think I think you've found your book yet? No I'm still look. Not a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot a lot of. th. A th. A th. A. I. I that that that that that that's. I've. I've. I've. I've. I've. I've. I've. I've. I've. I've. I've. I've. I've. I've. I've. I've. I've. I've. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. 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. th. th. th. th. th. that. jaded. I just think, I think you... Have you found your book yet? Just... No, I'm still, look, not a lot of choices. Okay? Just like Bible? I don't know why you come to my bookshelf to find a book. Anyway, finally, let's move on to some good news. James, really? From the animal kingdom. Out in Colorado, there's an elk that somehow got a tire stuck around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around around their their their their their their their their their their their their. their. their. their. It's their. It's their. It's, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, just, their. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I'm their. I'm their. I'm their. I'm their. I'm their. I'm their. I'm their. I'm their. I'm just, like, like, just, just, just, just, just, just,, maybe it's a crossfit thing, maybe he partied too hard at a Toyota thon. Maybe that's just he's out for the Megala. I don't know. But but that elk had a tire stuck around there for two years, right? And what's amazing is that he didn't seem unhappy about it. This elk was just rolling with that the whole time, which, like in the elk wa, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, the their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the, 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. t. t. t. t. t. tie. tie. tie. the. tie. the. tie. the. tie. the. tie. tie. the. the. the. t then this one elk is a quarter of the way to being a Jeep, you know? But that all came to an end last week when Park Rangers were finally able to get the tire off of his neck. Although how they did it might not have been the way that the elk would have wanted. Our other officer Dawson Swanson was able to sneak within range to the ties to the the the the to the to the the the the the to the the the the the the to the the the the to the the the the the the the the the the the the the to the the the to the the the to to to to the to to to toenernerner. toaqqqqqqqqqqqq to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to toranger toranger to toranger 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 theers Murdoch and Swanson first trying to cut the tire off.

Unfortunately, once you get to the steel bead, you know, it was really slow going. But they knew the tranquilizer wouldn't last long on the 600 pound elk. So they went with plan B. We ended up just cutting the antlers off, pulling the tire up over up up up up up up over up up over up up over up over up over up over up over up over up over up over up over up over up over up over their up over over the tire up over its head. Young Eddie the Elk, finally free of that accidental accessory. And don't worry, no antlers, no problem. These animals will grow another set of antlers next year, and he will function and live a perfect and healthy life. No, come on, you cut off his antlers.

Yo, think about it, man. This elk is gonna have to wait a whole year for those antlers to grow back. In the mean the mean the mean the mean the mean the mean the mean the mean the mean the mean the mean the mean the mean the mean the mean the mean the mean the me the me the thoom, thoom, thoom, th. thoom-a, tho, thi. thi. thi. thi, thi. tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho-up. th. thoom-up. th. th. thi, thi, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. t. t. t. t. te. te. te. te. te. ttttte. tttea. thaea. tea. tea. tea. tea. tie. tie. tto wait a whole year for those antlers to grow back. In the meantime, he's gonna get clowned down at the elk barbershop. Elks are just gonna be like, look at there's no antler having a moth-a right here. Shit, you bamby-looking ass, you ain't got no antlers. Like, you can't, man. It looked like the elk saw like a mounted head elk and was like that's the part I need to protect.

You know what I mean? And so he wore a rubber thing and was like, he survived like two hunting seasons. Like that was his magic. Don't, no, don't, don't take that away from him. All right, that's all the time we have for the headlines. Let's move on, the whole time I'm trying to figure out your classification system is by color. These are green books. I get it now.

Ronnie, just take a book and go, please. Just pick the book you're going to read and go. Okay. Okay. Also, can I have this as well? Is that, right? Just go. Just go.

Just like the sound. And like one green book, that's it. Yeah, just go. Thanks, man. See, too. Just go. Where's the tip? I'm going, I'm going. I'm going. Where's the exit? It's the same as the entrance, Ronnie. Oh, okay, I found it.

Sit, it's it. All right. Oh, damn. All right, that's it, then. All right, that's all the time we have for the headlines. Let's move on to our main story, which is about drought. Thanks in parts of climate change, some parts of America are now drier than a two-day old Popeye's biscuit.

And that could have huge consequences for everyone, whether you live in those areas or not. And you're about to find out why, in another installment of, oops, we killed the earth. Water, the one snack you can share with a house plant. Water can come from a house plant. Water can come from a number of sources, like rainfall, melting snow, or ringing out

Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly. But for years now, parts of the American Southwest haven't been getting enough water. And lately, things have gotten even worse. The American West, vast stretches of land, mountains, fields, the ground, baking and cracking. Nearly half the country in the grips of a mega drought. The worst drought since at least medieval times. This is one of the worst, if not the worst, sort of 22-year period of lean years we've seen.

A mega drought on steroids, fueled by warming and drying from human caused climate change. For the first time ever, the federal government has declared a water shortage on the Colorado river. And that's triggered mandatory water consumption cuts for states across the southwest. Utah's Great Salt Lake is drying up at historic rates as more than 90 percent of the state is crippled by extreme drought. Utah governor Spencer Cox hasthan 90% of the state is crippled by extreme drought. Utah Governor Spencer Cox has declared a state of emergency and called on people in Utah to reduce their water use and pray for rain.

We need some divine intervention. Okay, I know he's desperate but it's not very reassuring when the people in charge are like, hoof, this is a tough one, I'm going to kick this up to God. But if a politician has to ask to ask to ask to ask to ask to ask to ask to ask to ask to ask to ask to ask to ask to to to the 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. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. 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. I. I. I'm. I'm te. I'm te. I'm te. te. te. te. te. te. te. tte. ttte. the the the the people in charge are like, hoof, this is a tough one, I'm gonna kick this up to God. But if a politician has to ask for divine intervention, at least a mega drought is a good reason. You know, I don't want to hear Joe Biden going, heavenly father, we pray for your divine hand to raise thy death ceiling and to rid the land of all malarkey. And, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you know, you know, you know, th, th, the, the the the tho, the, the the the tho, tho, tho, tho, th. tho, th. tho, 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, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, thean, thean, thean, thean, throoooooo. the, the, the, the, the, arkey, and you know, come on, man, just do it, man, come on. But you heard what they said. This drought has been going on for 22 years and counting. And at some point, it's not even fair to call that a drought anymore. Your ass just lives in the desert now.

And you may want to start praying for rain when you hear about all the effects that drought can have. Like, we've all seen the wildfires all thethe news over the past few months, right? At this point, living in California during the summer is like trying to beat that fire level in Mario. But the effects of drought go far beyond wildfires. Because even if your home doesn't get burned down, the drought might make sure that it's not powered up. These droughts aren't only affecting water supply, but also the renewable energy infrastructure that depends on it. California's historic drought, the water level on one reservoir dropping so low,

they've had to shut down its hydroelectric plant. Lake Powell is now at the lowest level it's been at since the 60s, and the dam is getting dangerously close to not being able to produce electricity, which would impact more than 5 million people across the west. Back at Hoover Dam, Lake Mead has dropped so much that it's cut the dam's hydropower output by nearly 25%. At some point, the dam could stop producing electricity altogether. The Hoover Dam provides enough power each year to serve 1.3 million people

across Southern California, Nevada, and Arizona, and help keeps the lights on in Vegas. Wow, can you imagine Las Vegas without the lights? That would look really sad, instead of just feeling sad, and smelling sad and being sad. But yeah, the fact is that we need water to make electricity. So if we run out of water, not only will we die of thirst, but we won't even have the battery power to go online to bitch about it. And I know some of you are thinking, oh, I don't live out West, Trevor, so this doesn't affect me.

So I don't care anymore because I'm a bad person. Well, you're not just a bad person. You're also a wrong person. Because when California doesn't have enough water, the whole country will feel the pain. The historic drought across the US are selling off herds because the whole the whole the whole the whole the agricultural industry. And cattle ranchers across the US are selling off herds because they cannot afford to feed them if they can find feed at all. If you don't have rain, you don't have cows. If you don't have feed, you can't have cows.

And so it all boils down to the rain and the water. Perhaps nowhere is the pain currently more point than on the farm. California has been going through droughts now for a number of years and they're not going to go away. This is a fallow field where there's not enough water to plant. No water so that's the rice dying. This would not just affect the state but the whole country since over a third of our vegetables and two-thirds of our fruits and nuts are grown in California. As California's drought gets more severe, farmers are now being paid to not grow crops to save water in agricultural areas.

Whoa, farmers are getting paid to not grow crops. I've never grown crops and nobody's paid me shit. But that's right. A lot of America's food comes from California. Almans, olives, grapes, avocado. Basically, if it's in a white person salad, it was grown in California. And that's the lesson here. America is interconnected. The whole country depends on California to provide its food. The same way it depends on Wall Street to provide its recessions.

Like, imagine a world where we can't get any produce from California. Then even for me, how am I going to enjoy my morning bowl of fruit loops? Huh? What do you mean there's no fruits and fruit loops? It's in the name. Yeah, what do you think they're just lying? You're an idiot, man? Why would they call it fruit? There's the red fruit and there's the green... So, what can be done to avoid living in a world the world the world the produce in a a a a produce in a produce the produce the produce the produce the produce the produce the produce the produce the produce the produce thi produce thi produce thi produce thi produce thi produce thi? thi? thi? thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thruse, thi, how th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. 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, the, they call it fruit? There's the red fruit and there's the green... So, what can be done to avoid living in a world where the produce is empty, and we're all forced to talk to our loved ones because there's no electricity? Well, obviously tackling climate change would help, but in the meantime, droughts, droward-stricken areas will have to the triotterrout, the the the to be do have. And that means taking some drastic measures. The mega drought has forced Los Angeles to think outside the box about what to do if the

city's share of imported water dries up. One potential source, the city's wastewater. What comes from our showers and toilets? LA engineers and scientists are working on an ambitious plan to by 2035, turn LA's wai's drinking water. L.A Mayor Eric Garcetti's said th said th said th said th said th said the city's th said the city's to the city's the city's the's the city's thi's thi's thi's the city's thi's thi's the city's thi's thi's the city's the city's the city's thi's the city's thi's to to to to to to to to to to to toeolusususususususus. toeous. toeous. 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 thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thi's thiaa. thiauiau. thiau. thiaugeauauauauaq.a's thia's thia's th LA's wastewater into LA's drinking water. LA Mayor Eric Garcetti couldn't be more confident in his city's plan to go from toilet to tap. Just want to be super clear that by 2035 the 4 million residents of the city, hopefully

we'll be drinking this stuff that started hours ago in our homes and showers and toilets. Guys, this is just sad. People are gonna be drinking each other's bath water. My condolences to the people of Los Angeles. And my congrats to the perverts of Los Angeles. And it's not just bath water. They even have a plan to make toilet water, or as it's known internally, Project Dasani.

So that's the situation. Without action, this drought could affect the way we eat, the way we drink, and the way we even power our homes. So either we got to come together and dramatically change our lives to protect our future, or we have to take a cue from the governor of Utah and hope we can pray it all away. And I know which one I'm doing. Please God do something about the drought. Please please please please I don't want to drink toilet water again please Lord please. I'm begging you. I'm begging you. I only want to drink it on special occasions. Please, Lord, please. All right when we come back, Lewis Black

tries to get in on the latest Hollywood scam and Rosario Dorson is joining me right here in the studio. You don't want to miss it. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television. Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives. You're rolling? But that's all about to change. Like none of this stuff gets looked at, that's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News, listen to 60 Minutes, a second look on Apple podcasts starting September 17th. Welcome back to the Daily Show. When a news story falls through the cracks, Lewis Black catches it for a segment we call back in black.

Movies! They're like books, but louder. Ever since I can remember, I've loved going to the movie theater, intentionally burning myself with hot butter and trying to sue the theater. But as much as I like the movies, there's nothing better than seeing one crash and burn. The new Hollywood release, Dear Evan Hansen, is inviting internet mockery and an unwelcome reception from critics, not the least over its decision to cast 27-year-old Ben Platt

in the role of a high school student. One reviewer called the age-defying portrayal, disturbing. While a writer for the Guardian wrote, the attempt 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, th, th, th, th, th, the, the, the, the, the, to to to th, to to to th, to the the the th, the the th, th, th, th, th, th, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, thine, thine, thine, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, the the the thin, the the, the the thdefying portrayal, disturbing. While a writer for the Guardian wrote, The attempt to make Platt seem younger somehow renders him both older and inhuman. An act of near sabotage so distracting, it basically renders the movie unrecoverable. You're telling me the sucker's supposed to be 17? I'm pretty sure I saw this guy at a strip club in the 80s, and nothing against this actor.

He's talented. I'm sure he'd be a fantastic lead in a movie about a guy going back to school for his second master's degree. But I find it very hard to believe this kid recently grew his first pub. It doesn't matter how good an actor is. If I see anybody that old in a high school parking lot, I'm calling the cops. And yes, I'm also in the parking lot, but not because I'm a creep. I'm just there to sell them beer. But let's be fair to dear Evan Hanson. Hollywood is a long history of trying to make its stars appear younger, and an equally long history of failing

at it. When you see the next Will Smith and Robert De Niro movies, you may be shocked to see the actors looking decades younger. The Irishman drew attention for its extensive use of digital technology to deage the actors, allowing De Niro and others to appear to be decades younger. At age 76, he's joked that the technology will allow him to prolong his career indefinitely. Yes, digital technology, a force so powerful it almost gave LeBron James the ability to act. And while the Irishman was able to make

De Niro's face 30 years younger, there was one small issue. His body was still old as shit. Look at him trying to beat up that guy. The ten man is watching that scene going and I th and I th and I th and I th. And I th. And I th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that that that thaten thaten thatoling thi thiol- thiol- thiole. Yes thiol- thiol- thiol- thiol- thiol- thiol- thiol- thiol- thiol- thiol- thiole. Yes. Yes thiole. Yes th. Yes th. Yes th. Yes th. Yes th. Yes th. Yes th. Yes th. Yes thi-he. Yes thi-heed thi-heed thi-heed thi-heed thi-heed thi-heed thi-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Yes. him trying to beat up that guy. The ten man is watching that scene going, and I thought my joints were f-fied up. If you ask me, the most impressive thing about this scene isn't the CGI. It's the actor who's pretending to be injured by De Niro's orthopedic shoes. And this is the problem with trying to de-age actors. At a certain point, it just doesn't work.

I mean, yes, Robert De Niro is one of the greatest living actors. But the man is 70. Of course he's going to move like C3PO with shingles. But hey, as badly as dear Evan Hanson and the Irishman failed, at least they put in an effort because the truth is sometimes Hollywood is too lazy to use weird makeup or CGI effects to de-age their actors. Sometimes they just throw an old person in there and hope nobody notices. Hannah Montana's brother was a 29-year-old 16-year-old. Sunny and Rizzo were twice as old as a high school teenager.

And those girls from Penn 15 must be like what, 35? My point is, Hollywood has done this for pretty much every actor in the entertainment business. It's desperate. It's embarrassing. God damn it, I want in. That's why I've made a real showcasing just how young I can pull off. Roll it. Dude, I just saw Kyle's sickety-tuck. Mrs. Greenfield totally busted it from vaping during algebra.

That is so raven. I don't want to go to soccer practice. I just want to stay home and watch Paw Patrol and eat that f-lollipar. Oh, I broke a veneer. Feeke. Oh, oh, ah! Will someone please give this poor baby a titty? Hollywood? I'll be waiting. Thank you so much for that, Lewis.

When we come back, the one and only Rosario Dawson will be joining me right here, so don't go away. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television. Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives. Really? But that's all about to change. Like none of this stuff gets looked at. That's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look, starting September 17th.

Wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is actor and producer Rosario Dorson. She's here to talk about her new series on Hulu that looks at the opioid crisis in America. Oh, damn. Welcome to the show. Where's the lie? Yeah, that's a great one. Where is the lie? Let's jump straight into it. Congratulations on the new series.

It feels less like a fiction and more just like a documentary, to be honest with you. Yeah. Yeah, Danny, I think did an interesting kind of amalgamation of mixing real-life personas and sort of caricatures of people. My characters and, you know, sort of a composite of multiple different people. So there were scenes where he would say, one of these people that your character is based on, this is word for word what happened in the meeting.

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Right. And this is after 9-11 he could do no wrong. He was like the political darling of the time. No one was going to cross him. So there's so many different moments and beats like that. thrown. th. thi the the the their their their their their their their their their their their their their their thi. So thi. So thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. tho tho thoom, thoom, thoom, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. thoooooooo information and still not necessarily make the right choice because of pressure. So it comes from so many different angles and I think the human tragedy of this is all the human error that went into it and I hope that what has been the lasting conversation of like the narrative that came from Purdue Pharma that the real evil people are these addicted people who are ruining it for real pain, you know people really have, the the the the the the the the the the the th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, because, thi, because, because, because, because, thi, because, because, thi, thi, because, because, thi, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, because, thi, because, because, thi, because, thi, because, because, thi, because, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, 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, thri, thri. because, thr-coooooooo. because, thi, Pharma, that the real evil people are these addicted people who are ruining it for real pain, you know, people really have pain, that I really hope that that shifts, that narrative changes, because the only people putting money

behind the narrative has been Purdue. And for the first time, Hulu, Disney, like, they're really putting some energy, everyone's seeing dope sick posters everywhere. This is the counter-narrative that we've been waiting for a long time to break away from that stigma and start having leading with more compassion and empathy towards the addicted and all the people involved in this terrible crisis. You have a personal connection to this, because I know you've spoken about how members of your family have struggled with opioids and the after effects,

and their told thereof. Like, so when you when you're telling the story, is there a part of you that like looks for the catharsis? Is there a part of you that goes like I need to tell the story for more than just acting sake? My heart is racing right now because literally as I was walking over and turning off my phone to airplane mode being responsible, one of my family who was, his whole life was deterred because of heroin. And he just texted me that he's watching it. And it's so interesting because he's of huge reason as to why I wanted to do this project. A lot of people, we shot this in Virginia have very personal connections to this story.

And it's, I'm just, that's why my heart's racing right now, because I just sat down. That was the last thing I just read. And it's weird,'t know why I'm surprised by that I wasn't expecting him to watch it I'm not I don't know why like I was doing it from thinking about the experience in my life and like so many things that I've come from and I've talked with best Beth Macy who wrote the book dope sick her next to the neneck the next follow up to to to the book book book book book book book book book book book book book 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 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 ne. nex next nex. nex. neck. neck. neck. neck. neck. nex. the next next the next the next the next the next the next the next the first people known in all of Manhattan and the Lower East Side who was handing out clean needles, specifically because of people like this family member, because it was a very stigmatized practice, but was really necessary. And now, with all these years, people see how helpful it's been and stopping the spread

of HIV and AIDS and other STDs. So again, all of those things fed into me wanting to do this, and still wasn't expecting to get, to get, to get, to get, to get, the, to get, to, the, to, the, to, to, the, to, to, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the, the, the, to.a.a.A.A. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. of those things fed into me wanting to do this and still wasn't expecting to get that text. Like I cannot wait to have this conversation with him later to see what he thinks. Do you think growing up in a family of activists, and I mean like activists, and I mean like activists, activists, I think a lot of people these days use activists in like their Twitter bio-aulterms. in, 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, I, I, I was, I was, I was, I, I was, 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, I, I th. I th. I th. I thii. I'm thi, I'm tah. I'm ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, thi, I can't, I can't And I get that they have good intentions, but there is an activism that's on the ground. You know, your family was part of that. I was interested to read about your clothing brand. And I was just like, this is an interesting model.

I've seen very few brands where they say, no, this thing is made by Africans, with Africans in Africa, you know, it's run fromthing. It seems a lot harder, first of all. Oh, yeah. It seems a lot harder. Yeah, it's a bit challenging. But it seems like there's a purpose behind it. So Studio 1 at 9, talk to me about that journey and why you chose to go with, in my opinion, the hardest way to create like African clothing.

Well, so I'm, you know, partners are everything. and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, this wonderful woman, Abrima Urwia, when we were teenagers and she went into fashion, Botega Veneta, Amez. I mean she wanted to be able to figure out how she could use fashion as an agent of social change. She was studying Muhammad Yunus' work, which is talking about social enterprise and social business. So building into your business the structure that recognizes people along the supply chain and all of that kind of stuff. And when I took her to the DRC with V-Day, which was opening the City of Joy there, we saw what it meant when you invest in community and you invest in people who are going through hardship, it's not charity, it's work and you give them the dignity of

that work and being able to put their own children through school. And so that's that's wanted to do is like why with all these companies she's working and made in Italy has this reverence. Yeah, yeah it does. And those tailors and seamstresses generationally been able to impact their communities. But when you see something made in Africa, it's haggled, it's considered, you know, a charity, you know, and it's the quality, you know and the quality is appreciated. You know, we're the quality, the quality, the quality, and it's, and it's, and it's, and it's, and it's, and it's, the quality, and the quality, and the quality, and the quality, and the quality, and the quality, and the quality, and the quality, the quality, the quality, the quality, the quality, the quality, the quality, the quality, the quality, the quality, the quality, the quality, and the quality, the quality, the quality, the quality, the quality, the quality, the quality, the quality, the quality, the quality, and the quality, and the quality, and the quality, and the quality, and the quality, and it's, and it's, and it's, and it's, and it's, and it's, and 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 quality isn't appreciated, you know, we're saying, screw fast fashion, this is slow quality fashion, which is not ruining the world, it's ethical, it's sustainable, it's all these beautiful things. You know, we want something that says made in Africa to be considered to have the same quality as something made in Italy or someplace else. Well, as someone who has made in Africa, I appreciate them.

I really do, Thank you very much. Absolutely. And congratulations on on this new show on Hulu. I hope that when people watch this it'll shape their views not just on addiction but on the people who have been allowed to perpetrate that addiction. So thank you very much. Absolutely. Thanks for joining me on the show. The first three episodes of dope sick are available right now on Hulu. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television. Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives.

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