The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Rishi Sunak To Become Britain's New Prime Minister | John David Washington

Episode Date: October 25, 2022

Rishi Sunak is poised to become Britain's new prime minister, Jordan Klepper probes Americans about the likelihood of civil war, and actor John David Washington discusses "The Piano Lesson."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Thank you so much for tuning in. Thank you for coming out in Prucet. This feels amazing. This feels great. We're going to have some fun. Oh, I can feel it. Take a seat, everybody. We've got a great show for you tonight. The United Kingdom has a new Prime Minister to replace their new Prime Minister. China celebrates Jijingping in the most awkward way possible. And our very own Jordan Klepper starts a civil war plus the one and only. John David Washington is joining us on the show everybody. So let's do this people, let's jump straight into today's headlines.

All right. Before we get into the big stories, let's catch up on a few other things going on in the world. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, U.S. students have suffered a record drop in their math scores. Now many experts say that the two years of COVID disruptions are to blame for this. But in my opinion, everyone would do better if the smart kids would just stop hiding their answers. Yeah.

Loosen up, Angela, we get it, you study. Open it up. And I know, I know this is distressing news for all the parents out there. But just remember, this is the best time to cheat your kids out of their allowance. They won't know the difference. Yeah, five theuu, that's what you get. That's 10. Meanwhile, in San Francisco, officials are coming under fire after it came out that a new public toilet that is being built in a popular tourist spot will cost the city $1.7 million. A single public toilet. Now, before you complain, remember this toilet's going to be top of the line, the seat will come pre-ped on, and the graffiti on the walls will be written by George R.R. Martin.

Wow! Oh, in sports news, the Houston Astros swept the Yankees to win a spot in the World Series. And attending the game, oh, you're going to save those booze, because attending the game in New York was Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Yeah, who was greeted by Yankee fans just like that. Yeah, there were a lot of booze, a lot of extended middle fingers, which at this point people, why does anyone bother? Ted Cruz sees those so often, he may not even be offended, right? He might just think that's how people wave now. Just like hi! their their their their their their their their th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi thi. th. thi. th. th. th. th. th. thoo. thi. the. th. their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. th. Yeah. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. t. t. t. t................................................ t....... t.... not even be offended. He might just think that's how people wave now. It's just like, hi, hello, how are you? Hello? Hi, Chad Cruz? All right, let's move on to some of the biggest stories of the day. You know, with food prices going up, gas prices going up and war crippling Europe, it may be easy to get

distracted by short-term problems and lose sight of the long-term problems that will actually kill us all. Which is why climate activists are going to extreme measures to get our attention. Another act of food-infuse art vandalism, this time with mashed potatoes. That's right. Climate change activists tossed potatoes onto a Claude Monet painting at a German museum. Look at this. Officials there say the painting, it wasn't damaged and that it's covered by glass. Last week, activists threw tomato soup on Vincent Van Gogh, sunflowers at the National Gallery in London. There was some minor damage to the frame, but the painting was unharmed. And in both cases, activists then glued their hands to the wall. Yeah, increasingly around the world, climate change activists are vandalizing famous to to to to to to to to to the to the their their to their their their their their to their their their their. their. their. their. A cauice. A ca, to to to to to theirse. A clauice. to the wall. Yeah. Increasingly around the world, climate change activists are vandalizing famous art to bring

attention to climate change. First, they splashed food on a Van Gogh, now a Monet. They also hit a Jackson Pollock, but no one noticed. And as much as I agree with the message, I don't know if a museum is the right place to do this. Because think about, if you protest in the streets, everyone knows to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to bring to to to to to to to to to bring to too too their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the the tha thea thea thea thea thea thea.a'a'a'a toooooom. tooomeck. their their their the don't know if a museum is the right place to do this. Oh, because think about, if you protest in the streets, everyone knows it's a protest. But if anything happens in a museum, half the people, I'm just going to think it's part of the art.

Yeah, you could be in front of modern world. Bravo, bravo. Also, I feel like at this point, the problem with climate change isn't a lack of awareness. It's more the fact that a ton of people just don't give a shit. And I stand to be corrected, but I just don't think that those people who don't care about climate change, care about fancy arts. You know, I doubt your ma'ga the mag be like, no, not Monet's water lilies, no! All right, you win, you can tax carbon, I agree with you. You know, if anything, these protests might bring more publicity to the art than to climate change.

Yeah. Like, you tell me, one was the last time you thought about Monet, and sex dreams don't count. Like, if I was a painting in a museum right now, I would be begging. I'll be begging to get some food thrown on me. Oh, look, look, someone's walking up to us right now with a giant bowl of pudding. This could be our break. Oh, the pudding is... Oh, no, wait, they're just eating it. What the hell, man, weird snack to bring to a museum!

Oh, come on, people, I want to go viral. Somebody? Throw some food at me. You know who I hate the polar bears? I hate them bunch of coke-drinking losers. They deserve to die. Nothing? All right, forget it, I guess back to staring at people's butts all day. Oh, that's a nice butt. Look at that one. Look at that one. Oh, all right. Let's make like America's money and move on to China. Over the last decade, Jijin ping has gradually

taken full control of the Chinese Communist Party. He's put his people in all of the top rivals, and he is the sole owner of the password of of toeeoluuuuuuuuuuuu to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to 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 their to their their the the the the the the the the th tho thus. tho the the. thus. the. the. the the the. tooooo. too. to to to to to to Chinese Communist Party. He's put his people in all of the top positions. He's pushed out all of his top rivals. And he is the sole owner of the password for the country's Netflix account. Yeah. So no one in China can watch Dama without him. He's like, no, don't watch without me. That's one of our shows together. They're like, these are all, over the weekend. President Xi was formally re-upped as communist leader of the party, right?

That's what he was, for an unprecedented third term, which means he will rule over the nation of 1.4 billion people for at least another five years. And if anyone doubts on how powerful Xi Jinping has become, just look at how he treated China's previous leader. China's leader, Shijinping is beginning an historic third term in office, in office, treated China's previous leader. China's leader, Xi Jinping, is beginning an historic third term in office after being an anointed again as the head of the country's Communist Party. But there was an unexpected twist

in the normally highly choreographed Chinese national Congress over the weekend when his predecessor was escorted off the stage. Two aides appear to remove Xi Jinping's predecessor Hu Jintao from the front row. Who appears appears confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused confused to to remove Xi Jinping's predecessor Hu Jintao from the front row. Who appears confused, even to resist, while Shijin Ping shows zero sympathy. Was the 79-year-old who unwell, or was it some kind of political power play? We'll probably never know, as the incident has already been scrubbed from Chinese TV and social media. God damn, yeah.

Scrubbed from social media and TV. And did you see that? They picked that old man out and just escorted him. They just escorted him like he was Kanye-era bar mitzvah. And did you see Xi Jinping? What's even wild? He's just sitting there like he can't do anything. Like the old man taps him like, hey, Xi, you're going to do it.

He's the most powerful person in China. And he's like, sorry, there must be some rule or something. I'm new here. I don't know. I can't help you. I can't think it worked. Nobody knows what happened. They either took this guy away at some kind of power grab, or because he just had one too many island iced teas. We don't know, right?

Who knows? I mean, I guess we do know that it didn't go according to plan because they scrubbed all the video of it from the internet. They wouldn't do that if they wanted people to people people people people people people to people people to people people people to see it because they donated to charity. You know, no one's like, I can't let my wife see what a good person I am. I can't. So yeah, this is a weird opaque story that has left everyone guessing. And I guess the only question I have is, can we hire those guys for whenever Joe Biden starts rambling in a speech? Can we, you know, just to bring that meaning, I passed a student bill debt with $50,000, and $ and $1, and $1, and $1, and $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 know, just to bring that mean. He's like, I passed a student bill debt with 50 and 100,000 and 56,000 and 150. Okay, sir, come on with us, come on. Come on. Let's take him to where we hide Kamala. Come on, let's go. All right, finally, let's move on from

China to a country where the leadership situation is a little less secure. Great Britain. Last week, Liz Trustuss announced after just 44 days in office she would be stepping down as Prime Minister so she could move on to becoming that person who everyone recognizes but they can't quite remember from where. Did we go to high school? Oh you were the Prime Minister! Oh so sorry about it. Anyway can I have two large popcorns please and uh... Anyway Liz Truss is gone and it looks like the UK's the UK's the the the the UK's the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the prime minister the the the prime minister the prime minister the prime minister the prime minister? the prime minister? the the the prime minister. the prime minister. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh the prime. Oh the prime. the prime. the prime. the prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime prime. the prime. the the prime. the the the the the the the the the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the about the... Anyway, can I have two large popcorns, please? And, uh... Anyway, Liz Trust is gone. And it looks like the UK's got a brand new man. We begin in the United Kingdom, which is about to get its third prime minister in less than two months.

Just a short time ago, the ruling Conservative Party announced that former finance minister, Rishi Sunak won the race to become party leader and prime minister. Rishi Sunak will become this country's first ever prime minister of color, first ever Asian prime minister and first ever Hindu prime minister. Rish and the first person of color to walk through tendouting, also the youngest prime minister here in about two centuries, really a historic day. A former investment banker, he and his wife are reported to be among the country's richest people.

It is the greatest privilege of my life to be able to serve the party I love and give back to the country I owe so much to. Yeah, that's right. The UK's new Prime Minister is former finance minister Rishi Sunnak. And he's Indian, he's Hindu and he's only 42 years old, which th. th. th. th. th. th. th, which, which, which, which, which, which, which, which th, which th, which th, which th, which th, which th, which th, which the th, which th, thi thi the thi, thi, the thi, the the the the thi, thi, to be to be to be to to to to to be to to to be to be the country and he's Indian, he's Hindu, and he's only 42 years old, which means he will probably serve well into his 42 and a halfs. He's in... And let's not forget, let's not forget another important first. He's also the first Prime Minister who's an absolute snack. Yeah. Ooh, look at you, Rishi! And before you think, thi, that's thi, thi thi thi and thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi th which th which th which th which th. Which thi, which thi, which thi, which thi, which thi, which thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi the thi the the thi who's an absolute snack. Yeah. Look at you, Rishi. And before you're thinking, oh is he? Don't forget who came before. Don't forget. You're moving on up. Now, of course, of course, not everyone in the UK is happy about Rishisunak taking the

top spot and making history. And it's not because of his policies or because of his personality, no. There are some people who have a problem with something else, as this caller to a British radio show so eloquently explained. Is the real problem here, Jerry, that Rishisunak is a brown man, and you don't trust him at the top of this country? Well, did you imagine him going to the Scottish Nationalists and being the Prime Minister of the Scottish Nationalists?

Could you imagine me becoming the Prime Minister of Pakistan or Saudi Arabia? No, these things matter. I'm sorry you don't like it, but this is predominantly, we're talking about England, right? 85% of the English people, yes, are white English people, and they want to see a Prime Minister that reflects them. Yeah, yeah, this guy has a good point. Can you imagine if white English people wanted to rule countries where no one looked like them? That would never happen! Can you imagine that world?

What would that word be like? Now you know what's so funny to me, it's funny how racist always say, oh, colonization was fine, it was business, until they feel like they're being colonized. Then all of a sudden it's like, something needs to be done. Something needs to be done. You're not even being colonized. The guy is British. What's wrong with you? You know, and if you ask me British racists are looking at this whole thing all wrong, this could be a good thing for you people. After 400 years, you'll finally get to legitimately blame a brown person for your country's problems. You're living your dreams! Wake up! I mean, there is a part of me that feels a little bad for England's

racists. No, because remember, remember, they voted for Brexit specifically to keep Britain white. And that vote started a seven-year chain of dominoes that has now led directly to an Indian Prime Minister. Oh, man. Oh, man. Yeah, they're probably like, oh, this is certainly a rich irony at my expense, isn't it? Yeah. And here's the thing, keep in mind, this caller even says that he is Tory. So this is the same party as Rishisunak, right? Which means they probably agree on all the thing, keep in mind, this caller even says that he is Tory. So this is the same party as Rishi Sunak, right, which means they probably agree on all

the same policies. He just doesn't like that he's not white, which I don't understand. Which I don't understand. I truly don't understand. What are you scared of? Now, what is this caller scared of? privilege of my life to be able to give back to the country I owe so much to and to show my gratitude I just want to say I'm selling the entire country to India! That's like revenge time you bastards! This is the plan the whole time! Happy Diwali mother bitches! It's not gonna happen you racist. All right that's it for

the headlines. Before we go to a break, it's time to check in on all the latest social media trends with our very own, Ronnie Chang, everybody. Hey, Trevor, all right. Let's see what's blowing up social media today. We got Taylor Swift, anti-Semitism, Tom Brady, you know, the usual. But what's lighting social media in England up right now is the new Prime Minister of the weak Rishi Sunak and I know everyone is really excited that this is the first Asian Prime Minister but let's be clear Indians are not Asian okay there's still people, great people.

There's still people, great people, they're just not Asian people, okay? No, no, no, no, answer me this. If this guy is Asian, how come when he became Prime Minister, I felt absolutely nothing. I mean, when I was down at Dimsun Palace this morning, me and the fellas want like, oh shit, that's me up there. I feel seen. I love how Indians try to have it both ways, like being Indian and Asian, pick a lane, okay. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. If th. If th. If th. If thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, th th th th th th th th th thi this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this this thi 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 thi, thi. thi. thia thia' thia' thia' thia' thia thi. thi. If thi try to have it both ways. Like being Indian and Asian, pick a lane, okay? Yeah, I bet if I show up in a Bollywood film, I'm just going to blend right in, right? Because all just one people just having a good time. Also, speaking of Asians and Indians, real quick, you mentioned America's math scores were dropping since COVID or something, right? I I mean math scores in America were bad before COVID how could

get how could get any worse like the question used to be what time did a train leaves the station now you got to explain what a train is but but but the biggest trending story has got to be the climate change art protest of videos okay and my question is who the hell is doing has got to be the climate change art protested videos, okay? And my question is, who the hell is doing museum security these days? You see people walking in with two buckets of mashed potatoes and a high visibility vest? And you don't think anything's going on? Well, you caught by surprise? They're not exactly sneaking around. I mean if people show up in high visibility construction beast, just keep an eye on them, okay? Just imagine

this Venn diagram. It's real simple. In one circle, you've got people wearing construction beasts. In the other circle, you've got people with no upper body strength. Okay? Now, when they overlap in the middle there, those are climate activists. Okay? Make sure you check every cavity for sloppy Joe's. Also, the worst part is, this painting wasn't even expecting it. At least throw it at a painting that's ready. I mean, see, this guy knows some bad shit's about to go

down. All right, what are they even doing? What? Throwing guacamole at art isn't going to change anything, all right? The only people who care about art are pretentious douchbags. Like, check out this tweet I found online for some random moron. All right? Look, look, look at look at this. Oh, look, look at this. Oh, look, look at this. Oh, look, oh, look, oh, oh, look, oh, oh, look, look, oh, this. this. this. this. Oh, look, look, this. Oh, look, look, this. Oh, this. Oh, look, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, this. Oh, this. Oh, this. Oh, this. Oh, this. Oh, this. Oh, this. Oh, this. Oh, this. Oh, this. Oh, this. Oh, this. Oh, this. Oh, this. Oh, this. Oh, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, this. Oh, look, look, look, look, look, look. Oh, look. Oh, look. Oh, look, look. Oh, look, look. Oh, look, look. Oh, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, look, this. Oh, look, look, look. I saw Mona Lisa for the first time. Is she smiling or not? It's so powerful everyone should see. Oh, really? You think everyone should see the most famous painting ever?

What a great discovery? I mean, I wonder what else this guy likes? You like the Beatles? Breaking Bad? Let me guess, you gave oxygen five stars. I mean, wonder what else this guy likes. You like the Beatles? Breaking Bad? Let me guess you gave oxygen five stars. I mean how basic can a bitch get? Whoever he is. Back to you Trevor. I think that was a great treaty. Ronnie Chang everybody. All right when we come back, Jordan Stepa figured out what's out of the civil war your statement is going to be on, so don't go away. Okay.

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polarized. And it has a lot of people wondering, could this division turn into violence? Well, we sent Jordan Klepper to find out for as I have, you get used to hearing things you don't encounter in everyday life, like, go to hell and Cleppers a bitch. But lately, the crowds have been coalescing around one particular idea that nobody wants to hear. Civil War? Civil War.

Civil War. The Civil War. Our country's bitter attempt at divorce that ended with mom and dad back together in a state of constant resentment. 43% of Americans think it's very likely there's a civil war in the next decade. Okay, I'm going to be perfectly straight up and honest. It's going to happen much sooner than that. How soon? Because I have an Airbnb rented in the outer banks. But it turns out, a lot of Americans think this way. And not just your uncle who has been hoarding weapons and Vienna sausages in his basement bunker.

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civil war is a real possibility. The civil war is tomorrow. What does the skill set you bring to the battlefield? Well, I'm good with a gun. Yeah? Yeah. Okay. James? I have survival skills. I was in the military. I know how to shoot a weapon hand-to-hand combat if I have to. I can sticky with a knife and not, you know, cry about it. We're laughing about sticking people with a knife. But okay. Lansing, what skills? Lea? Leaders? Yeah, I just feel there's gonna need to be some leaders. Bo? What skills do you 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. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. 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 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. thi. thi. thi. theeeeeee. theeeeee. theeeeeeeeee. I toe. I to to to to to thi. I's gonna need to be some leaders. Bo, what skills do you have? Critical thinking? Jesus, for all of the liberals here,

we have a leader and a critical thinker. This is why the blue side is f-fee, but if America was going to be divided in a civil war, where would the modern day Mason Dixon line fall? It was time for a state-by-state fantasy draft, well, nightmare draft. We've terraformed the states that have been red in blue to kind of create one land mass. Who sees themselves as conservative part of the red map here? Are these the states you would want? Oh, I much prefer the red states.

What breaks your heart? What are you going to miss? Well, Arizona? Isn't that supposed to be a red state though? Yet, let's say we give you Arizona, Arizona Arizona Arizona Arizona Arizona Arizona Arizona Arizona Arizona Arizona, Arizona, where Arizona, where Arizona, where to Arizona, where the Arizona, where to Arizona, where to Arizona, where the to their their to their their their their their to their, the Isn't that supposed to be a red state though? Yeah, let's say we give you Arizona. Where do you want to travel to? Well, I love California, but it's turned into such a shit hole. Let's be fair, as a red state guy, the blue state has the best food. Oh, yeah. Right. Bo, what would you miss? What would you miss? Uh, not a ton? As a liberal, you, you, the liberal, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to. to. to. to. to. too? too? too? too? to. too? too? to. to. too? too? too? too? too? too? too? too, too, too, too, too, too, 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? too? too? too? too? too? too? too? too? too? too? too? too? too? too? too? too. too. too. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. to I feel all right. We got Hawaii. You do have Hawaii.

James, what are you missing? You're going to be in what this red conglom. I'm about the families from back east in Ohio, so yeah, I mean, that would be. You'd miss Ohio? I wouldn't trade. I wouldn't try Cleveland. to tade? I'll take Austin for Cleveland, but I don't need all of Texas. We'll do an Austin for Cleveland? I don't want Cleveland.

He's in Cleveland. I want San Diego. What will you give up for San Diego? I would give up Florida. No, thanks. There's no takers on Florida. No. Okay, so I guess the ocean can have we get to draft some new constitutions.

If there is a new America, you're going to need new laws. Are there any laws you would want to change? Get rid of the petty ones. I mean, there's lots of petty laws out there. If you pee in public, I mean, really going to be in the sex crime registry now because you're peed in public, it's stupid. It's a crack in the system. That's the first law that comes to head? It's, you know, it's the petty laws. You get put in the, in the, in the, the federal sex crimes registry,

if you take a, if you take a leak outside, it's just pretty dumb. That's just an example. We just talked about a civil jumps to mine is peeing in public. Does your side not have toilets? With the vision of the new Confederacy already collapsing under the burden of sewage infrastructure, I thought it was time to cut to the chase and ask the biggest question of all. Which side wins? We all lose. Yeah, there's no winning there. What if one side loses and then refuses to concede? Well, I don't know if I feel any better about the future of America, but for now, at least we still have elections. In fact, check out my new half-hour special, where I dive into the midterms and ask the very important question.

Democracy. We still cool. If you knew you got fewer votes you wouldn't concede. What is conceding me? Yeah. It means accepting loss. No. Why? Is democracy bribed? We can be f***tomorrow if the wrong thing happened.

You were there January 6th. It was the most beautiful thing I ever saw. Birds chirping, police. No. officer screening now. Thank you so much for that. Jordan Clepper everybody. Before to check out, be sure to check out Jordan's special next Tuesday at 1130 right after the show. All right, stay tuned because when we come back, John David Washington will be joining me right here on I'm going to see. You're going to miss that. Finding great candidates to hire can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. You might get a lot of resumes, but not enough candidates with the right skills or experience.

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The Piano Lesson. Please welcome, John David Washington. Hello. Welcome back to the Daily Show. Thanks for having you. Glad to be back. Yeah, it's been a while since you've been here. I think it was maybe 2019.

Yeah. It was Black Clansman at the time. And I mean, you have just ascended consistently and constantly tenant phenomenal. Absolutely for the parts that we could understand. Because some of it, let me, let me ask th, th, th th th th th th th th th th back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th. Welcome th. Welcome back back back back. Welcome back the the. Welcome back. Welcome back the the the the the the the. Welcome the. Welcome to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the parts that we could understand. Because some of it... Right, right. Let me ask you that, before we get into what you're doing now, like, did you guys know what was...

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I mean, there was like backwards fighting school we went to. No way. So we trained for like a month and a month and change. So once I got it into my body, I felt it actually helping me understand. Vanne was trying to... That's probably why you were so good at it. So, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I feel like you're good at everything because of... You just, you immerse yourself, you know? You know, in ballers you were amazing. One of my favorite parts of the show.

But then I found out you played football. I did. I did. . Still, acting, brother. My God. You immerse yourself in your roles in a really powerful way. I mean, it's why you get accolade after accolade. People love seeing you on the screen. But now you're moving into Broadway, which every actor has said across the board, is terrifying.

Oh my goodness. Why would you do this? It's over there. It's a full contact sport. I wanted to challenge myself. It was it was, trying to test my abilities, you know, trying to grow as an artist. I wanted to keep searching and I dove, you know, I dove head in, you know, I was going for it. I felt like the words of August Wilson would lead me to the Promise Land. There was a character that I really loved and enjoyed every time I read it. And so just wanting to explore and see how far I can go with my abilities and what I can

learn. I feel like I'm in grad school really, you know, with Latania Jackson, our leader, our director. And Sam Jackson who originated the role. He played boy Willie in 1987. So here I am with him every night and he's playing the Uncle Doca role now, but I'm looking at him across the stage like I know you originated this role, I'm doing my best, you know, but it was a way that, and he's been so supportive in seeing just the entire cast, you know, and so it's been a learning, a very great learning situation for me and it's been life changing really what I'm learning. I can't imagine how surreal that must be for you because as you said Samuel L. 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. And, and he's, and he, and he, and he's, and he's, and he's, and he's, and he's, and he's, and he's, and he's, and he's, and he's, and he's, and he's, and he's, and he, and he, and he, and he, and he, and he, and he, and he, and he, and he, and he, and he, and he, and he, and he, and he, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the the the the the the the the the the the the, the, the, the, the, th. I's th......................... the. th. the. the. the. the. th. And, the, th. Jackson originated the role, right? His wife is directing it. She's making her directorial debut on Broadway, right? So this is like a family affair, but it's legends only. And you are playing, you're playing the role that he originated across from him, but he's now

playing the uncle. And it's this really fascinating story on multiple levels about a family arguing about an heirloom. And I don't want to spoil to spoil to spoil, but it really is the question of, you know, what does a family need to keep in order to maintain themselves as a family and can they let go of those things and still respect where they come from? It feels pertinent to you on a on a personal level as well as as a character because, you know, you you know, you grew up around Samuel Jackson, I did. I, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, th, thi, thin, thin, the, thr-in, the, the the the the, the the the the, the the the the the the the the the the the th, the the th, the the th, th, th, th, th, th, th, the th, th, th, th, the th, th, the the the the th, the the the the th, th, th, the th, th, thi, thr, thr, thrown, thrown, the the the the the the the thean, the the the th've reexamined the word inheritance, you know, and learning how to work hard for something. Learning how to act, I think, is something that I feel like I've inherited in a way. And through this process, learning how to make choices on stage, how to immerse yourself in the role and to just the work ethic, you know, it's something that learn. You can learn how to work hard, you know, and that's what I've been

discovering a lot on in this process. Would you say being on Broadway is harder than being on film? Or let me ask it to you differently. What are the harder aspects of doing Broadway, you know, as opposed to being on camera? It's harder in that it's every night, different crowds you than, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, th. th. to, to, th. to, to, to, to, to, to be, to be, thi, thi, to be, to be, to be, to be, 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. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, thr. thr you know, you got to deliver. Sometimes, you know, we get two shows on Wednesday, two shows on Saturday, so you have to deliver sometimes twice a day. And you know, and you have to be on it. You have to have the same energy every night, you know, and it's not like you can yell, cut and let me start that happening. You got to go. They are waiting on you. You gotta go. So, you know, it's something that I think it builds you up. To me, I have more courage and trying things

when I get back to film because of this experience. You've always talked about how, you know, you were reticent when it came to getting into acting. You had this idea of like your father is Denzel Washington I mean we go this is one of the greatest actors who has ever lived on this planet Right ever the greatest to ever do it and then you step into the game And you've always said you didn't want to at first you like this is this this feels like a burden But everyone can agree you've stepped into it you've made it your own, you know, you you know, you tho' you, thin, th, th, the th, the th., the the the 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 greatest the the greatest, the greatest, the the greatest, the greatest, the greatest, the greatest the greatest the greatest the greatest their, the greatest their, the greatest their the greatest their, their their their their, their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the greatest, the greatest the greatest the greatest the greatest their greatest the greatest the greatest, their the greatest, their their like for you, you know, in finding your own but also accepting your heirloom that you know, like the piece that you've inherited from him? I'm finding it, you know, with every project.

You know, Spike Lee helped me find my identity. Christopher Nolan helped me find my identity. This play in so many ways is helping me find my identity, what my process even is, you know, and what, you know, like different power spots on stage and how I relate to characters and what my way in is all those things I'm discovering on my journey and the support I've gotten from the directors I just named have been, you know, just so important for my growth and for my confidence. And the support I've gotten from my family, you know, I no handouts. I've been working very hard on tha tha tha tha tha the tha the the the the the the the the the the their their their their their their their their. And the support I've gotten from my family, you know, no handouts. You know, I've been working very hard.

I've worked very hard on this play, and I'm proud of what we're doing with it. You see it. You know, you can tell when somebody's passionate and when they work beyond where they ever thought they could. You always put the effort in. It's a great story that is being told by great people, great actors, a great director. And one thing that surprised me about the play is that it's also, you know, as the director herself says, it's like, this is also a ghost story.

Yes. And I found myself thinking in life, you know, there are two types of ghosts. The ghosts we carry, you know, almost like a, and then that actually. No, no, you know what I mean? There's like ghost ghost. Yeah, do you believe in ghosts? Absolutely. Yeah, yeah, Halloween's always I mean, I love Halloween, but I definitely sleep with the light on around this time. You know, so I don't mess around. I don't play with that ghost stuff. It's real. You know, you know, you superstitious like that? You're superstitious like? Yeah, yep. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I. Yeah, I. Yeah, I. Yeah, 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 the, I the, I the. I'll, I'll, I'll, I'm, I'll, I'll, I'll the. the. the. the. I'll. I'll. I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll. I'll, I'll. I'll, I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I, I, I's, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll. You know, like, put that nightlight on. I believe in ghosts. And, but it's also, it's this play, yes, it's a ghost story. It's also incredibly funny. It's got a lot of humor in it.

It's, I mean, August Wilson is a genius. Yes. And it's loaded with, you experience and family arguments, you know, nephew and uncle dynamic, sister and brother things. So there's so many things and so many themes in this story that are relatable, which, which is what I love about it. I think it's a related, I think it's a continued celebration of black excellence in Broadway, which we've seen in everything from slave play, you know, through to Strange Loop, through like all of the... Yeah, exactly. It's a great time right now. It's really been growing and it's a great time.

And I'll recommend everybody go and watch it because when will you ever get the opportunity to be almost this close to John David Washington and Samuel L. Jackson at the same time. Thank you so much. Great senior again. John David Washington, everybody. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. Off the gate. We're right, I'm going to. But before we go.

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