The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Prince Andrew's Sex Abuse Settlement | Willie O'Ree & Jessica Kingdon

Episode Date: February 17, 2022

England's Prince Andrew settles his sexual abuse lawsuit, Trevor talks to trailblazing NHL hockey legend Willie O'Ree, and filmmaker Jessica Kingdon discusses her documentary "Ascension." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Probably one of the biggest surprises they say apparently of the Winter Olympics is that Norway is leading the medals table. Everyone was thinking it's going to be America or China or Canada and then like Norway is crushing it. And then I went to the medals table and I looked at the events and I was like, guys, this is, it's unfair. Forget doping.

Norway shouldn't be in the Winter Olympics. Because all the shit they're doing is like what Norwegians consider normal life. Like they're not like competing, you know what I mean? Does it be like, oh what, what, what event was this? Oh yeah, this is where like the people have to go cross country on skis. Yeah, that's only city in America. It's the Daily Show.

Ears Edition. Tonight, Prince Andrew pays up. Willie O'Reilly, and Jessica Kingden. This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Hey, what's going on everybody. Welcome to the Daily Show. 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 only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only city, the only city, the only city, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only, the only the only the only the only the only the only the only the only the only the only the only city city city city city city city city city city city city city city city city city city the, thi, thi, the only city thi o' thi o' thi o' thi o'cety city city thi o' thi o'cety city thi, the only only only city. Hey, what's going on everybody? Welcome to the Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah. Let's jump straight into today's headlines. We kick things off with the news about the British royal family. The only people who think chess is a representative game.

Look, there's me, and there's you, and there's the people who pay us. Yesterday marked Queen Elizabeth's 70th year on the throne, making her the longest serving monarch in British history, which must be nice for all of those people who've been shouting, long live the Queen. Yeah, because now they can be like, yeah, you see, we did that. Now, as part of the anniversary observance, the family has announced that if and when Queen Elizabeth dies and her son Charles becomes king, his wife, Camilla, will be crowned alongside him as queen. And I don't know if you remember,

but when Camilla first started dating Charles, people said that she could never be queen because their relationship started as an affair. So this is huge, this is a huge, huge deal. And I also think it's the right move because can you imagine how awkward was going to be otherwise if every time Charles and Camilla walked in a room and the royal announcer would be like, presenting the king of England and presenting his sidepiece? But while I'm sure the Royals would love to be focusing on the future of the family, unfortunately, they've been forced to deal with a scandal from their past. You see, for decades, Elizabeth's second son, Prince Andrew,

he was rolling deep with Geoffrey Epstein. And after years of fighting allegations that he had done anything wrong, it looks like he's finally throwing in the towel. Tonight, Prince Andrew, dramatically a court battle, not admitting liability, but not clearing his name. Virginia Jufrey claimed she was sexually assaulted by the prince when she was 17 years old, trafficked by Epstein. The 61-year-old prince will pay his accuser, Virginia Jufray, a reported $10 million, and make a substantial donation to her charity in support of victims' rights. Of course, questions saying, is it Prince Andrew's money? We know that he's sold his Swiss

ski shaully, reputedly for about $18 million, but many people saying the Queen is helping to foot the bill. Yeah, that's right. After years of fighting, Prince Andrew has finally settled with Virginia Joufrey. And although it's not perfect justice, I mean it is something. You know, to be honest, I almost feel like this guy got off easy because yeah, it is 10 million dollars, but you're from the royal family. Think about it. Ten million dollars is like one jewel from one of their crowns. And this has got to suck for the queen. Like imagine having to use the money the money the money the money the money the money the money the money the money the money the money the money the money the money the money the money the money the money the money the money the money the money the money their crowns. And this has got to suck for the Queen. Like imagine having to use the money that you earned to... I guess she didn't like earn it, but I mean, imagine like working hard your whole life.

Oh, I mean, she doesn't really work. You get what I'm saying. The point is, the Queen didn't get into the royal business to do stuff like this, right? She got got into to got into to got to to to to to th th th th th th th th, th, th, th, th, thi thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, thoom, the the the thi, tho, tho, tho, the the tho, the the the the the the the the 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, their, their, their, this, right? She got into it to steal spices from India. It's about that life. And I can tell you now, this is probably where she misses the days when she could just chop off people's heads. You know, because back in the day, with this thing happening with Andrew, the Queen would have just been like, Andrew, I dropped my contact lens. Wo? told you, to be the te. top-in the the the the the the the the the to be the the to be to be the the to be to be the the to to to to the the tooom. the the the the tooomorrow to the the the the to to miss the the to miss the the the the the the the the thr. to miss to miss the the to miss the the to miss the the the the the the to miss the the to miss to miss to miss to miss to miss to miss the the the their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their th. the. the. the. the. toe. toe. too. too. too. too. too. tooooooo. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. the. the. Oh, and by the way, the next time your mom complains about you asking her for rent money, you should just show the story and remind her, it could be way worse.

But let's move on. If you're tired of the same old, same old dating app scene, where you swipe right on the cute guy, he swindles you out of thousands of dollars, blah, blah, blah blah blah, then good news. Tinder is now offering a blind date feature on the app. Yeah, because usually when you're scrolling through people, you first see their picture, right? And then you decide right away whether you're too good looking for them, or they're too good looking for you. But now, Tinder is just going to ask you questions.

And then what they're going to do is they're going they're going to match to match to match to match to match to to match to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to match to match to match to match to match is they're going to match you with someone based on your responses. Then you have a chat with them. And then if you both like each other, Tinder will show you their pictures, which is great. Because if they stop talking to you at that point, then you know immediately that you're ugly. And you know, it's so funny how tech time goes on, they seem to invent stuff that already exists. Like blind dates. It's the future of dating. No. People in the Middle Ages were like, all our dates are blind. And I'm sorry, but you can't really recreate blind dates.

Unless you also recreate the part where your mutual friend, try to talk their faults. That's a key part of blind dates. Yeah, he's like super good at cooking, and he loves to read. Interesting. So does he have a job? As I said, he loves to read. Eh? I also have to mention that this blind dating scheme that Tinder is running, this is discriminatory towards hot, dumb, boring people.

You realize you're taking away their greatest assets. People with good personalities, they're gonna do fine in this situation. They can meet people in person, they can charm them. All some people have is a six-pack. They don't even know that they have a six-pack because they can't count that high. But let's move on to a story coming from my home country, South Africa. Yeah, it's not the most creatively named country, but you always know where to find us. It's been almost 10 years since the passing of South Africa's first democratically elected president,

Nelson Mandela. And for those of you who don't know, Nelson Mandela was basically the Martin Luther King of our Harriet Tubmans. And everywhere you go in South Africa, they are reminders of how great he is. Like there are statues, there are bridges named after him. There's whole neighborhoods that bear his name. But now, there's a new, fancier way for people who want to celebrate his legacy. The former home of Nelson Mandela is now a luxury hotel. It's called Sanctuary Mandela, and it was Mandela is now a luxury hotel. It's called Sanctuary Mandela and it was Mandela's first home in Johannesburg after being released from 27 years in prison. South Africa's first black president lived there for six years.

It now can host 18 guests and 18 guests and is adorned with Mandela memorabilia. Even Madiba's former cook is on staff there helping to prepare meals. Rooms range from $ helping to prepare meals. Rooms range from $250 to as much as $1,000 a night. Yeah, that's right. Nelson Mandela's old house has been turned into a luxury hotel. And I mean, I guess this is just the fate of every historic building now, right? Because if you think about half of the old buildings around the world are now either a bank, an Apple store, or a CVS, that's it. I wouldn't be shocked if in like a hundred years the White House is going to be turned

into Jeff Bezos's dog's weekend place. Now, some people think that it doesn't make sense for the home of the man who fought inequality to be turned into a luxury hotel........ to, but, to be, to be, to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be the to be the to be to a the the to be a luxury hotel to be to be does. And it really does if you remember one of Mandela's most famous quotes when he said, Do not judge me by the color of my skin, but rather judge me by the thread count of these ejection cotton sheets, falling out of control. Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh.

It was a powerful speech. We cried that day. We cried that day. Also, you know, when you're staying at the Nelson Mandela Hotel, good luck fighting the minibar charges that you think are unfair. He's going to be at the front desk like, hi, excuse me? I think I was unfairly charged for a bag of pistachios. Madam, let me tell you about unfair charges. So yeah, look, this is gonna come with its pros and its cons.

People are gonna be for it and against it. And I guess it will be good for the people who work there and maybe some of the community. But you gotta admit, man, at the same time, it does feel a little disrespectful for everything that Nelson Mandela went through, you know what he's pay some money and you can sleep in his house? You know what he had to do to get to that house? You know what they should do?

They should say for every night that you stay in the hotel, you should also have to spend a night in an apartheid prison. Yeah, now you're getting the full experience. You know, I actually hope that they do this with African dictator homes too? Because like, yeah, Mandela had a nice house, but forget him, man. African dictators, those dudes lived lavish. They should make that an experience. Can you imagine soaking in Edia means jacuzzi? Chilling on his giant couch, woo,

dressing up in the skin of his enemies. Talk about a honeymoon. You like this baby? All right, finally, let's move on to some news from the world the. Since we were young, many of us have been taught the same story. Be good, pray every day, and you'll get into heaven. What your grandmother probably didn't mention is that a paperwork issue could send you to hell. A Catholic priest in Arizona has resigned because of a mistake the church says he's been making

for more than 20 years during thousands of baptisms. He used the phrase we baptize instead of I baptize. The Vatican says that one word change makes all the baptisms he performed invalid. The priest has apologized and again resigned. Wait, wait, I'm sorry, what? All the baptisms are invalid because of one word? No, one word? This is like the worst thing a Catholic priest has ever done. But for real, people, I cannot believe that the Vatican is going to say all of these baptisms, all of them, like, what, 2,000 are invalid?

Just because the priest said, we, instead of I. Like, don't get me wrong, I'm glad to hear to hear to hear to hear to hear to hear to hear to hear that that that that that that that the Catholic me wrong I'm glad to hear that the Catholic Church cares about people's pronouns but this seems like a minor mistake to me. You know like I would understand if the priest accidentally cleans their souls in white claw that I would get but this doesn't seem like a huge deal. And what's going to happen to all the people who weren't actually baptized? What happens to them now? Are they gonna go to hell to to to to to the hell to to 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. I. I. I their. I. I. I. I their. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. their. their. their their their their their their their their their their their their their te.e.e.e.e.e.e.e. their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the all the people who weren't actually baptized. What happens to them now? Huh? Are they gonna go to hell for someone else's mistake? That's so unfair. Everyone else who gets to go to hell goes there because they got to have some fun first, you know?

Now they're all gonna be down in the fire pits like, well, I'm being burned forever, but it was worth it for the orgiesies. What are you in for, man? My priest made a typo. Oh, sure, whatever. You probably kill some puppies or something, you said, fuck, yo, let's torture this guy extra hard. So, no, wait, sorry, hold on. I'm hearing from my producers that, but that can't be right. We have an interview with God himself.

Is that even possible? All right, can we patch him in? Yeah, the way, the the the the the th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, tho. Oh, tho. Oh, tho, tho. Oh, tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. thoom. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, th. Oh, tho. Oh, tha. Oh, to. Oh, to. Oh, too. Oh, too. too. tooo. toooooooooooo. Oh, too. Oh, to. Oh, can we patch him in? Yeah, yeah, turn on the webcam. Oh my lord! Hey, hey, Travis, me God, God indeed, baby, how you been? Well, this is amazing. God, thank you so much for joining me on the show. Hey, baby, I'm happy to be here. Look, we gotta make this quick though. I'm working on creating a new animal tha-a-, but it's got flippers and it's got fangs.

I gave it one wing. Ooh, boy, it's gonna mess you all up. Oh, God, I have so many questions. First of all, I didn't know that this is how you look. Oh, no, this is just how I look to you. I don't look like this when I'm talking to surprise them when they get here. Oh man God I just oh I also have another question and this is a little embarrassing. No I'm not helping you with Wordle. How did you know that that was what was going to ask? Todd,

Tide are you asking about Wordle? You tweet about Wordel all the time. You need to get a life man. Yeah but the New York Times made the words anyway anyway God let's tell tho tell tell tell tell the th th th th th th th the th th th th th th th th th th th let's the th. th. thuuu. thu- thu- to to thi to thi thi thi thi thi thi. thi. thi. thi thi. thi thi thi 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. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi thi thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi's thin. thin. thi's not thi's not the the thin. thi's not thi. thi's not thi. thi's thi.? I'm gonna be honest, I got no idea what you're talking about. There's a priest in Arizona who said the wrong word and now the Vatican is all upset and they're saying that the people might be going to hell now. You haven't heard about this? No, man. I don't pay half as much attention to earth as y'all think I do. I'm having too much fun. Look at me, I'm in heaven. We got Prince, Whitney Houston, George Michael, every day up here is a Super Bowl halftime show.

Wait, hold, so, Hold, you're saying that you're not really focused on every single thing that's going on down here? No, I ain't worried about everything going on. Do you realize how many worlds I've created? I can't keep track of every single one? You think Shonda Rimes know what's going on in every single one of her TV shows? She got the firefighter show, she got the doctor show, she got the one where everybody having sex in the 1700s? It's impossible to keep track up. Impossible. I mean that makes sense, but are you saying that even if this priest messed up the baptisms you you would still accept these people into heaven? That's right. People don't sweat the small stuff. Look this all you got

to do Trevor. All you got to do to get in the heaven is be a good person. I just want people up here who aren't going to ruin the party, all thr-in? Now if you'll excuse me, it's Trivia Night and Alex Trebek is on my team. Trebek, baby, let's get these bit coins. Yeah, yeah. Wow. Heaven sounds like a lot of fun. I can't wait to see it one day. This is... Oh, don't worry, you're gonna see it real soon. Wait what? What is it? What is it? You know, let's take a quick break so I can figure out what that that that that th th that 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 to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to tre treck is tre. tre. tre. tre. tre. tre. tre. tre tre. tre. tre. tre. tre. to be to be to be to be to be to be to be th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. tbe. tbe. tbe. true. true. true. true. true. true, true, true, true, true, true, true. true, tbe. How soon? What is that... What is it? You know, let's take a quick break, so I can figure out what that meant. And after the break, I'm going to be talking to Willie O'Ree, the first black hockey player ever.

You don't want to miss it. When he said soon, do you think that was a threat? to thethe no it didn't if you it's on the top top top right The top right of the if it's it's a touch screen you got to hit the top right Hang on. Hang on. No, it's a leave meeting. No, you're still here. Lord you haven't left Meeting. Welcome back to the daily show my first hockey. My first guest tonight is a hockey legend by the name of Willie O'Ree. He integrated the sports of hockey by becoming the first black player to compete in the NHL in 1958, for which he will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Making sports history in hockey, as Jackie Robinson did in baseball,

Willie O'Rea of the Boston Bruins. A native of Frederict in New Brunswick is the first Negro to play in the National Hockey League. In his first time out his team won against the Montreal Canadiens. In the Bruins dressing room after the game, Gord Sinclair Jr. of CFCF pressed through the crowd for this interview. It must be quite an exciting thing, isn? Anything unusual? No, it was the greatest thrill of my life, I believe. I'll always remember this day. We'll always remember this day. Mr. Willie O'Ree. Welcome to the Daily Show. Thank you very much.

It's certainly is a pleasure to be here. Oh, the pleasure is all mine. I mean, I'm talking to a man, a man, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, the the tho, the tho, tho, thi, the thi, thi, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr, Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. tian. tha. tha. theanananananananananananananananananananananane. t........................................................... to. t. You're a legend because you were the first black player in the NHL. And for me, you are a legend because you are a black person who chose to play on the ice. I don't meet many black people who willingly go to the cold, Mr. O'Ree. So you're a legend personally for me as an African. Welcome to the show.

It's good to have you. Thank you, sir. Let's talk a little bit about your journey. You know, it wasn't anything that anybody had done before. You know, you talk about this in your life and how you had a dream. You said, I want to play in the NHL. I want to be a professional hockey player. Nobody had done it. Nobody thought anybody could do it, and yet you set your mind to it. I'd love to know how you had you had tho tho you had tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho. tho. You tho. You tho. You tho. You to thu. You tho. You that that that that that that that tho that tho tho that you that tho 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 you you you you you to to to to to to to to to to to to to thu. You. You tod. You tod. You toda. You tolu. You took. You know tolu tol. You know tol. tole. tole. You know tok. You know toda tole. You know you toda. You today you that had never been done before with the clarity that you had. Well, when I was 14 years of age, I decided I wanted to become a professional hockey player and then hopefully one day in the play in the National Hockey League. And I have to give credit to my older brother, who was not only my brother and my friend, but he was my mentor. And he taught me a lot of things that I would need to know. So I started playing organized hockey and at 14 I left my hometown to go up to Quebec Canada to play junior hockey with the Quebec Frontenacx.

Played there that one year and then I went and played in Kitchener, Ontario the second year. And that's when I had an unfortunate accident. You know, none of the players wore any helmets, no face shields, no gauges. You know, none of the players wore any helmets, no face shields, no cages. And I was struck in the right eye with the puck and lost 97% vision in my right eye. Wow. The doctor told me I'd never play hockey again, but I kept it a secret and turned pro in 1956 and was able to play 21 years with one eye. Wait, wait, wait, wait, let's, okay. Now we need to add an extra layer of legend to the story.

You lost some of your vision and the doctor said that you were legally blind. You keep this a secret and then you go on to play. I don't even understand how that's possible. I can't follow the puck. I've been to hockey games. I love watching hockey games, but it's like I can't follow the puck, but you're telling me you were a professional player who was legally blind. I don't understand how you did this. Well, you know, when I went to the hospital and I was in my recovery room and the doctor said Mr. O'Ree says, you're going to be blind and you'll never play hockey again, well, the two goals that I set for myself, well, seemingly were gone. But I got out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out out the the the the the the the the th. the th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. I'm the thi. thi. I'm thi. I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's. I's. 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 thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th th th th th toge toge. toge. toge. the hospital and within the next five weeks, I'm back on the ice practicing and playing in playing. Now, I'm a left-hand shot and playing left-wing, but to compensate, I had to turn my head all

the way around to the right to pick the puck and pick the puck and look over my right shoulder. Wow. And consequently, I was overskating the pucki, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, over skating the puck and missing the net and I just said, Willie, forget about what you can't see and concentrate on what you can see. So the season ends and I go back to my hometown and I kept my fingers crossed that I'd be contacted by a professional team. And I waited and finally I got a call from Punch Emlek who was the coach and general manager of the Quebec case is the Quebec professional team up in Quebec City. So to make I I I I I I I I I I I the the to make the to make the to make the the the to make the the the the the the the the. the. the. the. theck, I theck. theck. theck. theck. the. theck. theck. theau. thea. the. the. the season. the season. the season. the season season season season season season season season season season season season season season season. the the theck. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. thea. tea. teauu. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. tea. the the the tea. the the te manager of the Quebec Hays, the Quebec professional team up in Quebec City. So to make a long story short, I go to training camp, I make the team, I don't tell them that I'm blind,

I don't have an eye exam, so I said, well, if I don't take an eye exam, just play and we won mean, that's... Yeah, if anything qualifies somebody to be a legend, I think that story makes it... Let's talk about the sport itself. You know, you talked about back then what it was like being in the league as the first and only black player. You had teammates who supported you. You had fans who had fans who the fans who really could only think of the color of your skin as the reason that they didn't like you.

You know, they were shouting slurs at you on the ice or they were shouting slurs at you from from the stands. I'd love to know how you blocked out that noise, you know, I mean, that surely affects you as a human being, but you found a way to persevere. Was was was was was was was was was was was was was. Was. Was. Was. Was. Was. Was. to. to. to. to. the the the the the the the to. the the the the the the the the the the the the tooing. tooing. the the the the the the the the the the throwing. throwing. thoing, the the. They were, the the. They were, the the the the the their. They were, they were, they were, they were, they were. They were. They were. They were. They were. their. their. They. They. They. They. They. They. They. They. They. They. They. They. They. They. They. They. They. They. They. They. They. They. They. They were. They. They. They were. They were. They were. They were. I. I was the the the the the the the the the the the they were they were they were, they were, they were, they were, they were, they were And I just put my head down. I was called the N-word every time I was stepped on the ice by players on the opposition by fans in the stands if I had a penalty and I went in the penalty box I could hear them saying the end word but but I just blocked it out thanks that you are, because you have the skills and the ability to play in the league at this particular time, he said, forget about everything else. He said, just go out, stay focused on your goal and work hard. And basically that's what I did.

But I mean, it was really rough at the beginning, Trevor, it really was. But finally, I gained the respect of the players and the fans. Man I can I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I can I I can I can I can I can I can I can I I can I can I can I can I can I can I can I can I can I can I can I can I can I can I can I can I can I can. I can. I can. I can. I can. I can. I can. I can. I can. I can't. I can. I can't. I can. I the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the 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. today. today. today. ttoday. today. ttoday. today. today. th. th. th. th. the players and the fans. Man, I honestly can't even imagine how hard it must have been, you know, being in that world. There are over a hundred black players, you know, who have now played in the NHL. Many of them have either talked about your story, or they've talked about your journey in some way inspiring them. But they've also talked about how difficult it can be being the only black player on a team, you know, the only black player who's representing a franchise. You know, were there any tips that you gave to any of these players or were there any tips that you learned that would help you not almost carry the entire burden of being the only black player on a team? You know, being able to fail for Willie or being able to succeed for Willie and not always that it, you know, it represents all of blackness at the same time, which it

did and didn't. Well, I met a lot of the black players and the players of color that are playing in the league at the present time. And, you know, some of them that I have possible for players like me to play in the league. He says, I just, I have the highest respect and the highest admiration for you. He said, what you, what you had to do? You must have had to turn your cheek a thousand times. And I said, I just stayed focused on what I wanted to do. I worked hard.

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That's why you are receiving not just a medal, but all the praise. And we celebrate you. Thank you so much, Mr. Willy, thi. 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. to to the to to the to to the to to to to the to the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to just to to to just to to to to just to to just to just, to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. I th. I thi. I the thi. the the thi. toda. today. to. the the the the the the the the the the the the the today. today. thi. th show, thank you for what you've done, and thank you for the joy that you've brought to the sport and to the world. We appreciate you. All right, don't go away, because after the break, I'm going to be chatting to Jessica Kingdon, who's made a documentary that takes us into China and shows us what some of their challenges are that we may not know about. You don't want to miss miss miss miss miss miss miss tonight is filmmaker Jessica Kingdon. She's here to talk about Ascension, her Oscar-nominated documentary that examines the contemporary Chinese dream. Jessica Kingdun, welcome to the Daily Show.

Thank you so much for having me. It's a complete honor to be here. Wait, let's talk about the film. It's very seldom that you see China, and it's very seldom that you see China not from China's perspective and not from like the West perspective but just in China. So let's start with that. How on earth do you get to make a documentary in China in all the places that you got to make the documentary? Because the film itself is not politically, overtly political, and we're not filming in any quote-unquote sensitive areas. So we were able to be extremely straightforward about what we were doing and a lot of th th. And a 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, so thi, so thi, so let's thi, so let's thi, so let's thi, so let's thi, so let's, so let's, so let's, so let th, so let th, so let th, so let th, so let th, so let thi, so thi, so thi, so thi, so th, so thi, so thi, so thi, to to to thi, to 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 So we were able to be extremely straightforward

about what we were doing. And a lot of it was just simply asking these locations, hey, we're an independent American documentary film crew coming to make a film about China's economic rise. Can we come and film in your manor school, et cetera? Surprisingly, the thing that people were worried about is not something I anticipated. A lot of factory managers were worried that we were going to scam that..... that. and that. that. that. that. that that that that that that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi thi, thi, and, and, and, and, th th th tho, and, and, th th thi thi thi thi thi, and a thi thi thi thi, and a thi th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, that, that, that, that, that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that, that, the thing that people were worried about is not something I anticipated. A lot of factory managers were worried that we were going to scam them and try to get money out of them. In one way? To hit them up with a bill for appearing in our movie later on. Yeah I was...

Wait, are you being serious? I'm dead serious. Another suspicion that happened was in the textile manufacturing companies he thought that we were there trying we were there trying, from a corporation, trying to take the technology secrets. You were trying to steal their tech and then go and make your own textile. Exactly. It feels like what also makes this film different is you're not telling us anything. You're not telling us anything. their their their their their their their. their. their. their. their. their. tha. tha. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. theats. theats. theats. the. thi. theats. the. the. the. the. the, the, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi. their, thi. thi. the. the. the. the. the. try. try. try. try. tean. tean. tea. tea. tea. try. try. try. trying. trying. trying. trying. try. try. te. telling us anything. You're just showing us things. There's no one who's narrating. There's nobody who's giving you their opinion. You see like, you know, low-income workers.

We see the middling class that's burgeoning, and then we see like wealthy Chinese people. You even take us into a factory that is making very advanced sex dauls. When you were making the viewer, to just watch for ourselves and decide? I don't think I could even say what it means, to be honest with you. I mean, I think there's so many meanings that can be found within that one of the one

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and look for and draw out. And it wasn't something that I had to go in and try to manufacture. It was just something that was already there. And I think a lot of this type of filmmaking is about the patience to sort of sit with these sort of moments and allow them to emerge instead of trying to go and, you know, prove a certain point. It's wonderful to just see just a world happening, but in a way where it doesn't feel, A,

like you said, manufactured, but also with something is happening. You know, there's a lot of stories that happen in how people live. And it was nice to watch that in the documentary, just see people living, but then also, there's a story being told by how the people live. Right. It's just the art of observing and seeing what comes up. Yeah. You're a better filmmaker than I'd ever be. I'd always be tempted to like jump in. I was very tempted a lot of of of of of of of of of of of a lot of discipline. You didn't see the outtakes. Oh, OK, OK. OK.

You know, the China that I had known for so many years was just all industrial and very, and in this documentary, we start to see a new world that is forming, where people are now learning how to be influences, and the American dream where people are going we want to ascend in how we live earn creates? There's a lot of similarities with the Chinese dream and the American dream. I mean the one thing that they both have in common is this idea, this quest for upward mobility and this belief in the system that you'll be rewarded materially for your hard work and you know are able to work yourself up to a middle-class lifestyle which of course we know is not true

yourself up to a middle class lifestyle, which of course we know is not true for everyone. But within China, I found that it was just interesting to see how a lot of it mirrors American-style capitalism as well. There's so many different parallels that we wouldn't necessarily see on the surface, but if you kind of look closer, you see a lot of it's echoed with one another. One of my favorite moments in the documentary is where you are in the factory, where they're making the Donald Trump make America Great Again hats. They're like, they're making the MAGA hats. But you saw them making the Keep America Great.

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the city where we were shooting are ahead of the curve ahead of the political trends because they're kind of like the base of manufacturing where all of these global issues first the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. I's, thi. I's, thi. I's, thi. I's, th. I's, th. I's, 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. the. the. the. the. the. the the. theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. thee. the. thes, because they're kind of like the base of manufacturing where all of these global issues first come. Wow, yeah, I definitely want to go. I just want to see what my future is. What shirts are they making about me? Exactly. What free Trevor Noah? Wait, I'm going thank you so much. This has been an absolute honor.

All right, people, Jessica's documentary, Ascension, is now streaming on Paramount Plus. Trust me, you want to watch it. It's going to teach you so much. We're going to take a quick break, but we'll be right back after this. Well, that's our show for tonight, but before we go, in honor of Black History Month, the Daily Show's monochrome collection is getting an update with a brand new mug. Now, 100% of Paramount's proceeds will be donated to the National Black Arts Festival, which supports art and artists of African descent. So if you want to support the National Black Arts Festival and grab your very own daily show mug, all you've got to do is scan the QR code or head to the link below. Until tomorrow, stay safe out there, get your vaccine.

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