The Daily Show: Ears Edition - President Trump and Beto O'Rourke's Dueling Rallies | Spike Lee

Episode Date: February 13, 2019

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this is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Ears Edition. Thank you. Thank you so much. And welcome to the Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah. Take a sien, everybody. Thank you. Thank you so much.

And welcome to the Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah. Take a seat, everybody. Let's get into it. Our guest tonight, our guest tonight is the Oscar-nominated writer and director of Black Klansman. Spike Lee is joining us everybody. Yeah, he's not here for an interview. He's just here to yell at us from the sidelines. Also on the show, Blackfeet is is the new the new the new the new the new the new the new the new is the new is the new is to is toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, the toe, the the toe, toe, the toe, the toe, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, tooe, tooe, tooe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, tooe, too, too, too, too, too, too, to just yet to yell at us from the sidelines.

Also on the show, Blackfeet is the new black face, the animal uprising has begun, and President Trump is almost finished building his wall. So let's catch up on today's headlines. Let's kick things off with a major story from the federal court in Brooklyn. If your dream was to be the biggest drug lord in the world, good news, a position has just opened up. Notorious Mexican drug lord Wacchapo Guzman has been found guilty in his drug trafficking case. Convicted on all 10 counts now facing life in prison. Today, 12 Americans, four men and eight women after 34 hours of deliberations over the course of six days found him guilty on all ten counts.

El Chappo stared directly at the jury during the entire time the verdict was read, just staring at them as the jury stared back. Wow. El Chappo staring down the jury, that part I expected, but it's pretty gangster that the jury was staring back. Like, if I was on that jury, I'd be delivering the verdict like, oh, so so so so so so so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so, so I, so I, so I, so I, so I'm, so I'm, so I'm, so I'm, so I'm, so I'm, so I'm, so I'm so I'm so I'm thi, so I'm thi, so I'm, so I'm not thi, thi, thi, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the, the the the, the the, the, the the, the, the the, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi, thi, thi.e. thi. thi.ean, tea.e.e.e. te.e. te. te. the. the. the the the the the the jury was staring back Like if I was on that jury I'd be delivering the verdict like oh So I'm not really here. I don't know anything about this trial But they're sitting there just looking him in the eyes like you think you're a local man? I like jury duty. Come on, El Chappo Also, I like that part where they said 34 hours of deliberations. No, it was five minutes of deliberations and 33 hours and 55 and 55 and 55 th??????? th? th? th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the thi the the the thi thi thi the the their their their the the the their their their 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 the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thruu teuooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooerer. the the the the the the the they said 34 hours of deliberations. No, it was five minutes of deliberations and 33 hours and 55 minutes of booking flights out of the country getting their names change, scheduling plastic surgery. Because you're going to find El Chappo guilty. All right, they're always going to find Mexican drug lord El Chappo. That's a branding problem. Everyone knows him.

It's like asking what a chance to rap do for a living. He him. It's like asking, what does chance the rapper do for a living? He raps! It's right there in his name. Of course it was going to be found guilty. Moving on, Blackface. Feels like every day, there's a new story about this unfortunate trend in America. There was the governor of Virginia with his blackface story. His attorney general with his blackface, the Gucci sweater, whatever that sce the great philosopher, DJ Khaled, another one. Katie Perry is facing backlash for a shoe design that some say resembles blackface. Two of her Katie Perry collection shoe features a face with those over-exaggerated red lips right there. You can see it. Although the shoes were also available in different colors, people quickly pointed out the problematic image of the black ones. The items have since been taken down online. You know, when black people said you should put yourself in our shoes,

this is not what we meant. We meant yeasies. But yes, now Katie Perry has also come under fire for her shoes which resemble blackface. And look, I'll be honest, I don't think she was trying to recreate blackface. If anything, it looks like she was trying to recreate a crappy kindergarten project. But when you're living in a society where certain imagery has historically been used to dehumanize black people, you have to be extra sensitive. Like, you know what, here's a simple thing. If you're a fashion designer, here's a simple rhyme to help you. red lips with white skin with with with with with with with with with with with white thx with white thx with white thx with white thx. Red lips with black skin, that shit's racist. You remember that.

And look, part of me was surprised that these shoes got caught up in the black-faced scandal, but it didn't help when Ralph Northam wore them to his interview with Gail King. I don't think that helped the story at all. Yeah, apparently they're great for moonwalking. That's what I've heard. And finally, finally, finally, finally, finally, finally, 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, thi, thi, thi, thi, the, the, the, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. the, the. thean. thean, thean. thean. theananan. theananananan, thean. thean. theananan. thean. th And finally, a fun story from the TSA. Every year they make a list of the strangest things. They confiscated from our luggage. And now they've revealed this year's top three. USA Today reports on the TSA's annual list of the wackiest items confiscated at airport checkpoints. Number three is a pair of giant scissors

found at the Nashville International Airport. Number two is an mortar round discovered in a checked bag at the Indiana Regional Airport. And number one on the list is something horror movie character Freddie Kruger might travel with. A razor glove found at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. A razor glove that Freddie Kruger would have, oh who's taking that in a way? That's such a bad idea. Although I feel like they could have gotten away with it if they just said, oh no, this is my emotional support, raise a love, that's what it is. The scissors one is super sad though, yeah. Because you know it means that right now there's a library somewhere that can't open. All right, let's move on to our top story.

The border wall. What was once an outlandish promise from some guy who would never be president has turned into the country's fiercest political debate. And yesterday, President Trump and former El Paso Congressman Bedo O'Rourke were in El Paso, Texas making their case for and against the wall. So let's kick it off with Beadows rally, or as Trump would say, losers first. We stand for the best traditions and values of this country. For our fellow humanity and who we are when we are at our best. We know that walls do not save lives.

Walls end lives. Whoa. Walls and lives? That's terrifying. You're telling me this now. I mean, I don't want to freak anyone else, but there are four walls in this room right now. They've got us around it. Come on, guys.

Like, look, I know we don't like Trump, but I feel like this goes too far the other way. Just because you don't support his border wall doesn't mean you have to hate all walls in general. Yes, Trump's border wall is offensive but don't forget there are a lot of good walls out there okay, hard-working everyday walls, doing the jobs nobody wants to do, holding up your pictures, supporting ceilings and separating bedrooms from bathrooms. You realize how many things we wouldn't be able to do without walls, like without walls, how would we have 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 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 th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the tr. tr. tr. tr. tre. tr. tr. the the the the the the the the the the tre. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. true. realize how many things we wouldn't be able to do without walls? Like without walls, how would we have spontaneous sex? We couldn't because you'd pick up the person and then you'd realize that you're not strong enough. You're never strong enough. She's heavier than she looks. Now you're stumbling

around. You're falling. There's no wall to catch you. The point is not all wars are bad. And look, I'll be honest. I'll be honest. There wasn't much comedy out of the Beto or Rock Rally. It made sense. He doesn't mispronounce words. But the only piece of advice I would give him is, Beto, if you are going to run for president,

you can't have conger drums in the background. Like the Civil War would have turned out a lot differently if Lincoln gave the Gettysburg a dress in front of some Congers. It's like, four score and seven years ago, boo, we like slavery now! So there were no major highlights out of the better rally. And on top of that, he still hasn't announced whether he's running for president or not. So 10,000 people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people people that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. That. that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that that that that that that that that that that that that that was that was that was that was that was that was that was that was that was that was that was that was that was that was th. that was that that that that that that that that that that that's that that th. that thi. th. thi. that th. that that he still hasn't announced whether he's running for president or not. So 10,000 people basically went to watch some unemployed guy talk about his vision for America. So if you wanted highlights last night, the DJT ratings machine had you covered, because he was also in El Paso pushing for the wall, although the timing was a bit weird.

Because you see, just before the rally started, news broke that Congress had reached a bipartisan deal to give Trump $1.37 billion in funding for a border war or some type of barrier. And I mean, that is nice for Trump that he got something, although if you've been paying attention or you realize it's actually $200 million less than Congress was ready to give him before the shutdown, out of the deal. Yeah, but Trump didn't care about all that. He was too excited about his rallying to to to to to to to to to thiiiii to thi thi thi thi $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $1, thiol, thiolo $1, tho $1, $1, $1, $1, $1 $1, $1, $1, $1, $1, $1, $1, $1 $1, $1, $1 $1 $1 $1 $1 $1, $1 $1 $1 $1 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $1, $1, $1, $1, $1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000the shutdown, out of the deal. Yeah, but Trump didn't care about all that. He was too excited about his rally to worry about these stupid details. I have to tell you, as I was walking up to the stage, they said that progress is being

made with this committee. So maybe progress is made, maybe not. But I had a choice. I could have stayed out there and listened, or I could have come out to the people of El Paso and Texas. I chose you. Just now, just now. I said, wait a minute, I gotta take care of my people from Texas.

I got to go, I don't even want to hear about it. I don't want to hear. Did he just turn into Bill Cosby there? What was that? I don't know, I got to go. Grab them by the pudding pop, do, whoa, build the wall. But that was a pretty insane admission, right? President Trump is saying, instead of getting informed

and then passing that information onto his audience, he'd prefer to just get them riled up. Like, that's what he wants. He's like, they gave me, I was like, I don't need it. I want to go talk to the people. Thank God Trump is president and not my doctor. Like, the nurses wanted to slice and dice. I have this Freddy Kruger Glug I got from the TSA. So the truth is, Trump was just in rally mode, right?

He didn't care about the facts and the figures. In fact, he was so excited because he was going to release his remix to finish that wall because we built a lot of us. Finish the wall. We will. They've built a lot of it. Wait, what? So now we're doing finish the wall? I don't know how much actual work they're doing on the border, but I guess in Trump's

chant world, they're making a lot of progress. Yeah. Build the wall, finish the wall. Cool, we built the wall. Build another wall on top of the old wall, double-decker wall. Now to be fair to Trump, even though zero new miles of wall have been built under Trump, when he says we've built a lot of wall, Trump is talking about how he's upgraded some of the existing fencing into taller fencing. Yeah. So he's solved the problem of smugglers who are determined to sneak drugs into America,

but are too lazy to buy a somewhat taller ladder. And as we all know, border security isn't just about walls, right? And at one point, Trump started to talk about how dogs can also help detects on the border. But much like a dog himself, Trump got distracted. We have equipment now that can spot drugs. It's incredible stuff. By the way, there is nothing better than a good old-fashioned German shepherd. It's hard to believe.

You do love your dogs, don't you? I wouldn't mind having one, honestly, but I don't have any time. How would I look walking a dog on the White House Lord? Would that be... A lot of people say, oh, you should get a dog, why? It's good politically. I said, look, that's not the relationship I have with my people. We want to have, yeah, Obama had a dog, you're right.

Yeah, Obama had a dog. Ha ha ha ha! What? Do that guy just scream, Obama had a dog like it's a bad thing? That's how much Trump has persuasion over his people of these rallies. He managed to turn white people against dogs. Dogs! The thing white people love more than anything. When white people are choosing a movie, they will refuse to watch anything where a dog dies. They'll be like, Molly and me is too sad.

Let's watch Chindril's list. Let's do that. I don't want to see a dog dying. And by the way, I don't understand why Trump doesn't like dogs. Trump should love dogs. They pee all over your bed and you don't even have to pay them. I know, bad dog, bad dog! Bad dog! Who made that joke? Who made that joke? So last night's Trump rally was a Trump rally.

He's gonna build a wall, the wall's almost finished. He'll build a wall out of dogs. The one new thing we did learn is that in addition to words, the president seems to struggle with numbers too. By the way, we, I, we, I'm one and one. I'm one for one. Think of it. We had one election, we won.

Now we're gonna be two for oh, and everything's gonna be perfect. Yep, yep, yep, that's right. Trump is one for one, and if he wins again, he's gonna be two for oh. That's not how math works. But at least now we know how Trump successfully negotiated negative $200 million for his wall. We, I, we will be right back. Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly

Show coming out every Thursday. We're going to be talking about the election, earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back to the data show. Animals. They're cute, they're cuddly, and sometimes they even pass legislation. But sometimes animals can also be a bit much. So to help us cover the big animal stories in the news, we turn to our own daily show animal expert, my Australian cousin, with a new segment we call

Fee, these animals. Thanks, Trevor. Yeah. Thanks Trevor. Yeah, I used to like animals. That's why I became a zoologist or whatever this hat's for. Until one day, my animal hero, Steve Irwin, got stabbed in the heart by a bloody stingray. Everyone says stingray is harmless, but try to tell him that's a Steve. You can't, because of a murdering Stigray.

So that's why I say, F't these animals! First of my shit list, polar bears. Yeah, the myth about these full-legged cotton balls is that they're always playing in the snow and drinking Coca-Cola. But in reality, they drink Pepsi and can slap a man's ha-. And recently they've been inviting Russian cities. The unusual invasion causing a state of emergency that has families afraid to leave their homes in one Russian town.

It's a wild scene. Hungry polar bears and their cubs rummaging through a landfill, even wandering down a hallway. In this small Arctic town, they've counted at least 52 bears. With sea ice disappearing, the endangered animals are spending more time on land. Oh, these bloody poor Russians. As if your winters weren't hard enough, how about we throw in some starving, camouflage killing machines?

Feeke, these animals! I hate polar bears, for the same reason I hate pandas, right? They're very cute, but very deadly. They come in looking like a teddy bear, didn't they rip you apart? Yeah, getting attacked would be like, oh, so cute. Ah, I'm dying, but so cute, I'm cute dying! Nobody would help you because they think it's adorable, too busy filming on their sillies. Oh, now the bear's eating his legs. Oh, look how cute it is! Meanwhile, down in South America, entire villages are getting overrun by one of Mother Nature's nastiest critters, the hippopotamus.

A brief glimpse of a giant native only to Africa, now running wild in Colombia. The story of the hippo starts here, Vianapolis, the former estate of Pablo Escobar, who in his heyday had four hippos smuggled here for his private zoo. It's not uncommon to spot a 3,000-pound hippo walking around town. The hippos are very dangerous. The hippos are territorial species. In Africa, hippos cause more human deaths than any other large animal.

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bloody thing alone. Just steer clear, they are the most lethal animal in Africa. That's right, even deadlier than the AIDS lions. Triva would confirm that but he's gone to the lieu. Anyway, the thing about these giant unridable pig horses is that they're pretty hard to get rid of. The hippos were then allowed to just roam free. And they had... Basically. They had offspring. How many are there now? About 50 hippos or more or more. Or more.

There's a huge area. And that's a paradise for the hippos. Paradise because they have no predators and ample food and water. Oh, blimy, those are some hungry, hungry hippos. And they went from four to fifty of them, so there also some horny horny hippos, which, by the way, is the R-rated version of the game. Those aren't marbles in their mouth, mate.

Look, people have to stop bringing animals to places where they don't belong. Not for the animals sake, you know me, fuck these animals, but because every time they get brought somewhere, they end up screwing things up for us humans, like the story out of Texas. The CBS Houston affiliate, K-H-O-U, says a tiger was found inside an abandoned home. Authorities received an anonymous call yesterday from people who had gone into the home and yes, discovered a tiger. They were going to go into this vacant house to smoke marijuana and they discovered, they were greeted by a large tiger. He's in a rinky dink cage that could easily bust open. It was secured with a nylon strap.

Now this story pisses me off the most because that tiger ruined those people's hide. Just imagine you go into an abandoned house to smoke to smoke to smoke to smoke to smoke to smoke the the to smoke the the the to smoke 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 theircoc. theirc. theirc. theirc. theirc. theirc. theirc. theirc. theirc. their their their theirnenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenenene. theirnn. theirn. theirn. theirn. theirn. tiiiii. tiuuiui. tiu. tiu. te. te. te. te. te. te. tiu. te. te. their. their. that tiger ruined those people's high. Just imagine, you go into an abandoned house to smoke weed, and you see a bloody tiger. You're probably like, what kind of weed is this? That house cat looks like a tiger. So then you go, let me pet the cat. But guess what? It's a bloody tiger, thiii. You've got one arm, and the worst, and that's the arm that had your joint in

it. Fee, these animals! Another thing that bothers me about the story is who moves out of their house and forgets their tiger? What bogan is leaving the house like folks, hide your rubbish from bears, never let drug lord hippos have unprotected sex, and you now have a second reason not to go into abandoned houses. The first reason is pedophiles. And don't forget these animals. Back anks Australian Trevor. We'll be right back. Welcome back to the Daily Show.

My guest tonight is a legendary filmmaker whose latest movie Black Clansman is nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Director. Please welcome Spike Lee. Please welcome Spike Lee. Welcome. Welcome back to the show. Glad to be here. I could not help noticing your hat and your hoodie 1619. If Governor Northam has taught me anything. It's that their their hat. I could not help noticing your hat and your hoodie 1619. If Governor Northam has taught me anything, it's that's that, uh, it's that's that, uh, the best, that's that's that's that's that's that's that's the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best the best the best the best the best the best the best the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best. the best. the best, the best. the best. the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's the best, the best, the best the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the best, the show. Glad to be here. I could not help noticing your hat and your hoodie 1619. If

Governor Northam has taught me anything, it's that that is a very significant year in America's history. Yes, 400 years ago today, this year slaves were brought from Africa to Jamestown, Virginia. Right. Four hundred years, so I just felt that that's part of American history and we need to know about it. Right. Four hundred years to this year Jamestown, Virginia, and you think it's ironic all this stuff is happening about race in Virginia starting back to recently, back to Charlottesville. When you look at the news today and you look at the movie you made, Black Klandsmen. I remember watching that film and going 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 the I the I the I the I the I the I can I can I can th. I can the I can th th th th th th th. I can th th thi thi thi thi thi thi the thi thi to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I the th. I 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 the the the the the te an te an today toe toe an toee an toe an toee an toee an toe an toe an toe. 400. you look at the news today, and you look at the movie you made, Black Clansman, I remember watching that film

and going, I cannot believe that this story takes place this many decades ago and yet feels like a movie from 2018. I think it's an example of how we've made progress, but not as much as we hope to be. Right. When our brother Obama, President Obama, 44, when he put his hand, when he put his hand on that Bible, I kept reading the stuff about post-racial something, like the moment his hand

toucest that Bible, hocus pocus, whatever was. Gone, evaporated. I did not drink that, Kool-Aid. I didn't believe in one second. It's an interesting time. You know what, what I think connected with so many people about your film is that if you haven't watched it, it genuinely is. It's an amazing film. It's funny, it's gripping. It's historical at the same time. And it's a powerful story about a black man

who infiltrates the KKK over the phone just by saying the right racist things to them. But what's interesting, especially in that clip that we saw is that even then, the KKKKKKKK is starting to evolve and they're saying, guys, we can't function as an overt... David Duke. Right. The Grand Wizard. He's saying, we need to be racist in a way that's palatable to other white people. Why is that so important? They're the cape and put on a suit and tie. Right.

Why was that so important for you to put into the movie? What I tried to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do the to do to do the to do thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the the the, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, that, that, that, that, that, that, the that, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th.......................... thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. that, that, that, Wilmot, we wanted to connect the past with the present. We just not want to look at the films like, oh, this, something's happened in the 70s and forget about it. Right. To make it, to tell the best story that we knew as filmmakers, we had to connect the past with the present. That's why I think it's resonated so, so, not just the United States, but globally, this film has made an impact. It's made an impact not just with audiences, but with the Academy as well. Nominated for six Academy Awards, which is amazing. Really amazing.

It's amazing. It's amazing. And this honestly surprised me your first nomination for Best Director. And Best Picture. And Best Picture. That seems like a long- first nomination for best director. And best picture. And best picture. That seems like a long time coming for Spike Lee. No, no, like what's interesting is, I mean, it's hard for you to say this of yourself, but it feels like for a long time people have said, look, we're not saying that this is against black people. to thoub. to think of voters. to thou. to think of voters. Who. 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. to, to, 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. th. th. th. th. th. th. this. th. th. this. this. 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. saying that this is against black people but you have to think of voters who are the people who are voting for? For me anytime you know there's some type of award the first thing I asked myself who was voting yes and it was

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Bring a funky drummer. That's public enemy, Fight the Power. You had a film that was, many people said, was snubbed in favor of driving Miss Daisy, which was a movie about a black person in a car with a white person, and Green Book is nominated this year, another movie with a black person and a white person in a car. Are you having flashbacks? You know what? I hope the New York Knicks get him.

Number one playing college basketball, Duke University. So we're losing games. Hopefully you get him. That's my answer. I'll take it. I'll take it. Good luck tea for the show. And congratulations on your Oscar nomination. Black Lansman is currently in select theaters

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