The Daily Show: Ears Edition - War in Ukraine - Russia Attacks Ukrainian Evacuees | Jesse Williams

Episode Date: March 8, 2022

Disgraced ex-governor of New York Andrew Cuomo publicly denounces cancel culture, Russia bombs Ukrainian civilians, and Jesse Williams discusses his Broadway role in the play "Take Me Out." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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you watched a football game recently? Have you watched any sports? Every single ad is sports. the sports. You need a bet on sports. Coming to you from the heart of Times Square in New York City, the only city in America. It's the Daily Show, Ears Edition. Tonight, Cuomo's coming back. War Rages on.

And Jesse Williams. This is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah. Hey, what's going on, throa. Wa. The war in Ukraine is still going on. And we're going to be covering it. Yes, the Russian troops the the the triuuuu the the the the the the the triu triu the the the triu. triu. tri-s is tri-s are the tri-s are the tri-s. the tha the toe. toe. toe. the toe. toe. to to to to to to toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to toe. toe. toe. toe. tods. tode. tode. tode. today today today today today the the the the today the the d. the the the da-s.ea. the today toe-s. toea. toe. to the Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah. The war in Ukraine is still going on, and we're going to be covering it. Yes, the Russian troops are still pushing through the country. We're going to get to all of it, all of it, all of the updates.

But first, we're going to catch up on some of the headlines. And here to provide both his companionship and their is is is is is my th Michael Costa. What's going on, Michael? How you doing? Good, March. You should have your Christmas tree down by now. Think about that. And it's nice out there. I dined out there today because I wanted to. Not because I had to. I could feel my legs while I was eating. Outside, yeah.

That's nice. The city has removed the the indoor vaccine taken out of my body. I am de-vaxed. I am de-waxed. And, oh, I was supposed to tell you, there's a guy in 42nd Street who will sell clean blood to anyone who needs it. So, happy to be here. That's my two cents. Hey, man. I'm happy for you and also worried. All right. Let's jump straight into today's headlines. We kick things off with big news from the Magaverse. One of Donald Trump's staunchest supporters during his time in office was William Barr.

Remember him? He was the Attorney General and less friendly Jabber the Hut. But what's interesting is that now that Trump is out of office and Barr has a book to sell, well, he's suddenly not a fan. No, no. He's singing a different tune. Former Attorney General William Barr speaking out live for the first time about his volatile time in the Trump administration and his dismantling of the president's lies about the 2020 election. I told him that all this stuff was bullshit and about election fraud. And, uh, you know, it was wrong to be shoveling it out the way his team was he was obviously getting very angry about this I said okay well

look I understand you're upset with me and I'm perfectly happy to tender my resignation and then boom he slapped the desk and he said accepted accepted to the don't go back to your office go home you're done after the desk and he said, accepted, accept it. Don't go back to your office. Go home, you're done. After the election, he went off the rails. He wouldn't listen to anybody except a little codary of sicker fans who were telling what he wanted to hear. I'm sorry, did Bill Barr say that after the election,

Trump went off the rails? That's what he said, after the election? So before the election, when he was trying to nuke hurricanes and inject bleach, that was on the rails? That was normal? You know, it feels like Trump fans are a lot like euphoria fans. You know, they act like the thing got more extreme over time. But really, it was like that from the beginning. Yeah, they just hitthe- their their their their their their their their their their their their the Euphoria these days. My man, it's HBO. Everything has nudity. Everything. Euphoria. Game of Thrones. I mean, that's why I stopped watching

John Oliver, every episode. And now my dick. You didn't have to show me a dick, John. That didn't help me understand the opioid crisis. And here's what all of Trump's Acoly's don't understand. He didn't become crazy. He didn't become that. No, you just realized he was crazy when he started disagreeing with you. Like kamikaze pilots are not sane when they're taking off. You just agree with that part of the flight. Yeah. So what time do we land?

What? But the point is that, just like John Kelly, Michael Cohen, Ohmurosa, remember her, Bill Barr has now come out and said, actually, guys, Donald Trump is crazy and was not fit to be president. Yeah, but before you get all excited and welcome Bill Barr into the resistance, you should probably hear his plans for the next election. I certainly have made it clear. I don't think he should be our nominee, and I'm going to, you know, support somebody else for the nominee. But if he is the nominee, and you have your choice choice, your choice, your choice, your choice, your choice, your choice, your choice, your choice, your choice, the else for the nomination. But if he is the nominee and you have, your choice is,

Donald Trump or whoever's running on the Democratic side, would you vote for him? Because I believe that the greatest threat to the country is the progressive agenda being pushed by the Democratic Party, it's inconceivable to me that I wouldn't vote for the Republican nominee. So even if he lied about the election and threatened democracy as you write in your book, well it's better than a Democrat. It's hard to project what the facts are going to turn out to be three years hence, but as of now

it's hard for me to conceive that I wouldn't vote for the Republican nominee. You know, man, these people are wild. William Barr literally agrees that Trump to overthrow the election, but still he would vote for Trump. . that Trump tried to overthrow the election, but still, he would vote for Trump over a Democrat. Yeah, I mean, maybe Trump's gonna end America and put me in a prison camp, but it's better than learning new pronouns. Am I right?

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Thank you. Yes, my time at the Daily Show, why I hated Trevor Noah. When I, how I resigned on air. I used to tell him on that show, oohoo, let's move on to some news about Andrew Cuomo, the disgraced governor of New York who was never a guest on the Daily Show. If you see pictures of that, it's a lie. Quomo, you might remember, was at the center of a whole bunch of scandals. There was his history of sexual harassment, his shady handling of the early COVID pandemic, and he abused the power of his office by making people watch all those PowerPoint presentations. But now, just seven

months after being forced to resign, Andrew Como has decided that he's served enough time. Former Governor Andrew Cuomo's first public appearance since leaving office has some wondering if he's considering a political comeback. Cuomo spoke Sunday at God's Battalion of Prayer's Church in Brooklyn. During his remarks, the former governor repeatedly took aim at cancel culture. a political comeback. Cuomo spoke Sunday at God's Battalion of Prayers Church in Brooklyn. During his remarks, the former governor repeatedly took aim at cancel culture, which Cuomo says forced him out of office. Don't underestimate to strengthen the virulence of the cancel culture. They broke my heart,

but they didn't break my spirit. I want to take the energy that could make me bitter and use that energy to make us better. Okay, okay. First of all, pretty slick move delivering that speech in church. Yeah, because people have to forgive you, even if they don't want to. Yeah, Jesus says so. And secondly, let's agree on something people. Let's agree on this, please, can we agree on this once and for all? Getting canceled is not the same thing as getting investigated for sexual harassment, all right? Cancelled is when people yell at you on Twitter for like a joke. When you're getting canceled, you can put your phone

on airplane mode and keep it moving. That's not what happened to Andrew Cuomo, right? That wasn't the woke police, that was the police police. There's a big difference. Oh, I was canceled. No, my man, this is a crime. Everyone just uses that. Ah, I was canceled. theauke, the'a. on cancel culture. Mommy, why is the fish upside down in the bowl? Oh, cancel culture, Timmy,

yeah, that fish is gone now. So sorry about it. I guess in many ways this comeback effort is classic Andrew Cuomo, though. Nobody asked him to come back, but he's going to make a move anyway. Yeah, people like, we don't want you back, Governor. He's like, it's fine. I'm Italian. Let's kiss on the mouth. Mn't mmmmmmmmmmm, I m mm, th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I thi. I thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. thi. thi. thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I'm th. I'm thi. I'm th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I thi. I thi. I thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. ti. thi. thi. t mouth. M-mwom-mah. I, you know, I don't think he's running. I think since he lost his job and since his brother lost his job, I think they're living together on the bunk beds and he just wants to get out of the house. Didn't it kind of feel like he was just happy to get out? It does seem like that. Yeah. He's blaming cancel culture for everything the way the way the way th, th and th and th, th and that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, thi, I, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. I. I. I, I, I. I, I, I. I's, I. I's, I's, I's, I's, I is is. I is. I is. I is thi. I is thi. I's, thi. I's, thi. I's, thi. I's, thi. I's, thi. I's, thi. I'm, thi. We's, thiiiiii. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi.that I use supply chain. That's my, you know, hey, I called you ten times, you didn't call me back.

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All right, finally, do you guys remember that Canadian trucker protest that shut down the border and forced you to learn the capital of Canada a few weeks ago? Yeah, you probably remember it where the truck truck truck truck truck streets for weeks to show their outrage over COVID vaccine mandates and other Canadian government tyranny like free health care and education. Anyway, some Americans saw what happened in Canada and they said, hey we have trucks too. Why not do that here? But sadly, the result has been less impressive. A caravan of pro-Trump anti-vaccine truckers, modeled after the Canadian Freedom Convoy, has reached the nation's capital.

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but D.C. already has so much traffic that nobody really noticed they were protesting. And I mean, let's be honest. A protest isn't much good if it's too subtle for people to know it's a protest. Yeah, it's like if Rosa Parks bravely decided to sit in to to to to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be the to be to be the to be the the the to be the the to be the the to be the the the to be the the the the to be a their. to be a tock. tock. tock. tock. tock. tock. trueck. trueck. trueck. trueck. tr. tr. tr. bravely decided to sit in the middle of the bus, it just wouldn't be the same. Yeah, the bus driver will be at the front like, is that black woman sitting? Ah, whatever. Also, I bet when these trucks plan the driving protest, they didn't think that gas was going to hit five

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I would just be like, how was the protest? We got everything we asked for. Yeah. Imagine the Martin Luther King came. I was like, I have a dream? What? Oh, that was reality. All right, everybody. Because when we come back, we'll be looking at how Putin is not just waging war on Ukraine, but also on his own people in Russia.

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It is now day 12 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Or as Putin calls it, Russia's relaxing shoulder massage of Ukraine. So let's catch up on all the latest in our ongoing coverage of the war in Ukraine. The Russian military has continued its indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas in Ukraine, despite the world telling Vladimir Putin that he's been not nice, the Russian military has continued its indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas in Ukraine, reducing them to rubble and leaving the people there without homes, food or even water. And when the civilians try to flee to to to to to to to their their their 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 war. their their their their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. the to rubble and leaving the people there without homes, food, or even water. And when the civilians try to flee those cities, well it turns out that Russia has been

bombing them too. More and more civilians being killed as Russia escalates its attacks here. People trying to flee the invasion struck at an evacuation crossing point. Twice Russia and Ukraine agreed to ceasefires in order to give people a chance to get out. Both times, Russia broke the ceasefires with violent, indiscriminate shelling. The first people, including a woman and her two children, were killed in that attack. We will not forgive, we will not forget Ukraine's president. At least four people, including a woman and her two children, were killed in that attack. We will not forgive, we will not forget Ukraine's President Zelensky vows to punish Moscow's

troops as he reacts to the killing of civilians attempting to flee the conflict. We will find every Bhoek, we will find every b- we're shot at our cities, our people, there will be no quiet place on this earth for you, except for the grave. Sweet Jesus, this is insane. Like, it's bad enough that Russia is blowing Ukraine to smithereens. But it's even worse that they're bombing people who are trying to escape during a ceasefire that Russia agreed to. I mean, what's Russia's logic here? I honestly don't get it.

What is it? First we murder the people, then they'll warm up to us as their new rulers? What's the plan? And today, after attacking civilians during the first two evacuation attempts, Russia offered to create new humanitarian corridors to allow people to escape these cities, except, and you can't make this part up, many of the evacuation routes would funnel civilians straight into Russia, which is insane. Just think about that for a moment. People are trying to escape, and you're like, we'll let them escape, but into our country. Like, imagine hostage takers saying, all right, we'll let the hostages, we'll let them leave the bank, but only if they come with us to our house. Then they're still hostages. Are you insane?

I mean, not to mention, even refugees probably don't want to live in Russia right now. I mean, things aren't great in Ukraine, but at least they still get the Batman. There's nothing in Russia. And because many Russians have family have family members who are living in the first place. military, leveling Ukrainian cities and killing innocent people was never going to be popular in the first place. Which is probably why Putin has now gone into overdrive to make sure that in Russia, nobody hears about it. Well, a new iron curtain has fallen in Russia, and this time it's an information, iron

curtain. That's why most Russians don't know what's really happening in Ukraine. The Kremlin today blocked Facebook and Twitter and there are no independent media outlets left. Vladimir Putin signing a law tonight making it a crime to spread what the Russian government considers fake news about the conflict in Ukraine. The maximum penalty, 15 years in jail. Independent Russian news outlets have always found it difficult to operate. Now it's impossible. The staff at Moscow's last independent TV station walking off set as their final symbolic broadcast played out. A similar scene played out at

Russia's oldest liberal radio station, Echo of Moscow, which says it's been forced to close. We just can say welcome to the U.S.S.R. Yeah, just think about that for a moment. The only place to get any news in Russia now is state media. That's it. Putin even shut down Facebook in Russia. Which is so messed up. Like, why couldn't he have shut it down everywhere?

Why only in Russia? This man is truly evil. We also want to break from Facebook. I mean, on the plus side, the one silver lining of this is that everyone is getting the exact same news in Russia, which means Russian family dinners are probably going to be like the least contentious affairs ever, especially way more than American family dinners. Well, I heard the same thing. Yeah. 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, 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. We thi. We thi's thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. thi. thi. Oh yeah, I heard the same thing. Yeah, more stuffing, please. Happy Thanksgiving, we're Russians together, enjoying same news so we don't disagree.

They sing during Thanksgiving in Russia. You can't prove that I'm not lying, because there's no Facebook there anymore. Now, many Russian people are against this war. In fact, over 4,000 protesters were arrested just yesterday. But for most of the country, this media blackout means that they'll never know the truth about what's really going on. Yeah, there are even stories of Ukrainians who have called their parents in Russia to tell them what is happening, and their own parents don't believe the stories, which is terrible. And at the same time, I guess that's what happens when you lied to your parents about everything

else in your life. Oh, sure, Putin's invading you. Just like that time you didn't throw a party when we're out of town. But while Putin is cutting off Russian people thiiiiiiiiiiiii. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th-in thr-in the. th-in th-in th-----------------------n't th-n't th-n't th-n't th-n't th-n't th-n't th-n't th-n't th-n't th-s th-s th-s th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. th-s. thn't thn't thr-s. thooooooanananananananananananed thoanan. thoan. thean thean thean thean the the. Russian people's links to the outside world, the outside world itself has been trying to cut itself off from Russia. Russian banks have been banned from the global financial system. Russian airlines have been blocked from entering most countries and even Apple has stopped selling its products in Russia, which means Russians can't watch Ted Lassow anymore. This is terrible for them, probably fine for Putin. Because I mean if a show has no villain, who's he supposed to root for?

And every day, every single day more companies are joining Apple and all these other companies in leaving Russia. The list of private companies cutting ties with Russia is mounting. Visa, MasterCard and American Express are boycotting business there. Tick-Tock is blocking users on its platform in Russia, and Netflix announced it has suspended service. Toyota says that they are putting a halt to its factory and production in Russia. This comes as the vehicle imports into the country have been suspended indefinitely. Accounting firms, KPMG and Price Waterhouse Coopers both announced they are exiting Russia

due to the invasion. From now on, it's just Stoli. The maker of the vodka, which has been marketed as Russian vodka, is launching a major rebranding in direct response to the war in Ukraine. Al Stoly Group has announced that it will only use Slovakian sources to avoid Russian ingredients. Yeah, that's how bad it's gotten. Even vodka doesn't want anything to do with Russia anymore. Just think about that. Can you imagine if hand gestures announced that they wanted nothing to do with Italy?

It's too toxic. So yeah, no Toyota, no credit cards, no Netflix. It's almost like all of Russia is being forced to spend the weekend at their broke dad's house. But unfortunately, none of this has stopped Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Probably because none of it actually affects Putin. That's what people don't realize. Sanctions are bad for the country, but this doesn't affect Putin. Because I mean Putin doesn't drive a Toyota, Putin doesn't watch Netflix or use credit

cars. You think this man pays? Man hasn't paid for anything in like 20 years. Which waiter has the balls to bring Vladimir Putin the check? Um, will you be paying by cash or a card? Will you be paying with your life? Okay, well, guess we'll see you guys next time. All right then. Have a good night. Drama. Yeah, if anything, people, the war has only gotten more intense. Russia has made major gains in southern Ukraine and looks like it may totally surround the capital of Kiev this week. So the Ukrainian people are in a very bad place right now, which is why it's been so inspiring to see how they're still, still telling the Russian invaders to go fuck ourselves.

Thousands of people taking to the streets to rail against their Russian occupiers in a show really that while Russian forces might be able to take some of these towns and cities, occupying them will be much more difficult. In Haerson, Ukraine, defiance. Residents woke up under Russian occupation and took to the streets. Go home. There's no vodka here, this man says. This woman draped in her country's colors stands firm. We are not afraid we are together, she says.

Some incredible video out of Hassan, Ukraine, where Ukrainian protester jumped onto a Russian military vehicle, waving his country's flag. There it is right there. Yeah, people, in the face of mortal danger, many Ukrainians are standing up and saying, we won't back down. I mean, did you see that one guy? He climbed right on top of a tank, which is insane.

It's also insane how tanks have like zero defenses against that. If you're in front of a tank, it's terrifying. Ah! But then once you get on top, the tank is like, Ah, get off. Stop that. Yeah, stop that! And this really shows you the difference between capturing a city and controlling a city.

You see, capturing a city is easy. You send in more, ta the their their to to their, you, to ta, to, to ta, to, to, to, ta, to, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, to ta, to to ta, ta, to to, to, to, too, too, too, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the the their, the the their, t. t. t. t. t. t. t. to, to, t. t. t. to, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta, ta.e.a.a.a. ta.a. ta.a.a. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta, tam and then boom it's yours but if you can't stop the old man in town from coming out and roasting you have you really won? Yeah you haven't you haven't really won the invasion if your soldiers are coming back home like we took the city but now everyone is being mean to me E! Ukrainians are braving this invasion with defiance and courage and, and, there was one specific Ukrainian that a British reporter caught up with who seems to know the secret. So not just coping with the possible destruction of your country, but smiling while doing it. Tell me quickly, are you all right? I'm all right.

And how many people are trapped in there? I'm French legalized, 420, American? British, British. How many more? Canobes legalized in Great Britain. Pardon? Is cannabis legalized in? I don't know whether cannabis is licensed.

I'm glad that's all you're thinking about. Yeah, you guys can have Zelensky. I just found my favorite Ukrainian. Yeah, because you see that guy? Like, I don't know about you. When I smoke weed, I can barely handle the stress of the doorbell ringing. This guy's in a war thrown, getting questioned by a journalist. And he's chilled AF. In fact, he's questioning her.

Let me ask you, like, she's flustered, like, wait, what's going on here? I almost think this guy doesn't even know that there's a war going on, you know? He probably thinks that he's got some really good cush. I should have had half the brownie, man. Them seen tanks everywhere. God damn. But this really just goes to show you. It doesn't matter where you you speak. In every country, on every continent, there's always one weird high guy on the bus. And that brings us together. All right, when we come back, the multi-talented Jesse Williams will be joining me right here in the studio to talk about getting naked on stage.

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Again, that's zip recruiter. the smartest way to hire. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is actor, producer and director, Jesse Williams. He's here to talk about making his Broadway debut in the show, Take Me Out. Jesse Williams, welcome back to the Daily Show. Thanks to have me again. You think you're going to do it this time? Last time I saw you, you were getting ready to go to go to make to make to make to go to to to to to go to go to go to go to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to make to Broadway. You're getting ready to make your debut and I will never forget it. It was around February 2020 and you're like, oh you gotta come to the show, you got

everyone made plans. Yeah. World shut down. Second time around, you're feeling good? I do. I feel great. I mean, yeah, we were three weeks into rehearsal. It was nervous. I was ter next step. So now we're in tech, we're open in a few days, and it's thrilling and terrifying

and we're ready to go. It's not just your Broadway debut, but I mean it's a play that's a revival, but it's a powerful story as well because it's a story of a baseball player of color who comes out. And I mean, along, you know, amongst all sports, athletes will tell you look I've got nothing against anybody who's gay, but there's this this attitude in this feeling and change rooms It was like keep it out of the you know keep it out of the change don't tell me right Right, right the locker room is a pretty specific space yes Hyper masculine space brings a lot of baggage in there and Richard Greenberg who wrote the play envision this in the early? the early 2000s and he figured it was imminent that a superstar? th? th? th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the. the the the. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the. the. the. theateateateate. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the locker room. the locker room. the locker player, but a superstar, a top of his class, world class athlete that was kind of untouchable.

What would happen if that person came out? Because you can't trade them, you can't release them, this is somebody who's really the pinnacle of their profession, what would happen there? And he thought it was going to happen in a year from that. 20 years have passed, still hasn't 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's that that that that 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 that's that's that's that's that's that's that's, that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. theea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. that's that's that's that. And then add to that him being black. Add to that him being biracial, specifically, and what that represents in this country and doesn't. So it explores a lot of that. And one of the things that's most fascinating to me is that the character, without giving too much away, doesn't change or shift or do anything behavioral to provoke or let men hide behind behavior.

Oh, you know, I don't mind that he's gay, but I wish he didn't do this. I don't mind that he's gay, but she didn't act this way. Right, right. He's not doing anything. This guy is the alpha, best player in the world, best player on the team, championship team. He hasn't changed anything but said a word. and shape. They don't know how to behave around him, they don't know how to present themselves. And it takes away, you know, an interesting locker room dynamic where guys are able to be kind of playful and homorotic and maybe intolerant and, you know, all those things that get woven

into locker room culture. Now what do you do when I'm there? When you're in a story like this, you know, one thing I've always loved about fiction is that one one one one one one one one one thing, one thing, one thing, one thing, one thian, one thing, one thian, one thing, one thian, one thian, one thian, one thian, one thi, one thi, one thi, one thi, one thi, one thi, one thi, one 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. thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii's is thi's enough sugar for us to delve into fact, you know? Is that through stories we get to solve all the puzzles that we can't seem to solve, we can't seem to solve in real life. You know? Like I know a lot of guys out there who'd be, I'm fine with guys who are gay and then you go like, what if your friends get? Ah, now that's not, that's not cool. Look, we've we we we we. We we. We we. We we. We we. We we' we we' we we' we' we' we' we' we' we' we' we' we' that's that's that's that's that's that's got that's got that's that's that's that's got that's th. We get that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's got that's got that's got that's got that's got that's got that's got that's got that's got that's got 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. We get th. We get th. We get th. We get th. We get th. We get the. We get the. We get tho thooo thoooo thoooooo' th. We get th. We get thoooo' that's interesting when you realize that there's still an idea of what gay is or isn't and how we react to it. Yes, that's actually one of the more interesting things that there's that idea of what that means. But if you don't behave in a different way, it leaves you kind of flailing for something to grasp

at that makes you, what does it mean, what does gay mean without a thr. very much like blackness, right? Like, you know, in a lot of media, blackness has to be demonstrated. It has to be shown in some really narrow pedantic way. But with this, you know, the friendships that Darren has, they're very different. He's got a best friend that handles it one way. There's religion comes into play. There's a projection of aggression, there's projection of prying eyes, of me, you know, being a predator in some ways when I'm not even looking at you. There's all types of things that we forecast that is a kind of a reflection of what women have to deal with in our society, what black folks have to deal with in our society.

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do my eyes have to go now? And there's really interesting analysis through conversation in the play about that. What the brief nudity does is bring the audience into our experience. Yes. You have to, you have to, you have to, are you listening? Can you look and listen? Can you be here?

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one of the most fascinating things is having arguments where both characters are right. Right, that's like real life, that's like real life. That's like arguing with your partner, you know, and reflecting on it, to how messy this stuff is. Life is hard. I love it Matt. It's exciting to see you on stage. It's going to be great to see you doing this for the first time. Thank you for coming on the show. Thanks very much. If we get extended, there might be a roll for you in there if you want to whip it out. Think about it. I will think about it. I's go for a quick break while I think about this. Take me out, opens April 4th, and tickets are on sale right now. Yeah, I'll think about this and

we'll be right back after this. I'm going to say no, but I'll think about it. Sounds like a yes. Well that's our show for tonight, but before we go, families in Ukraine are fleeing violence and urgently need emergency aid. CARES immediate crisis response aims to reach 4 million people prioritizing women and girls, families and the elderly. So if you can, please help by donating at the link below to rush urgently needed food, water, hygiene kits and ongoing support in Ukraine. Watch the Daily Show, week nights at 11th, 10 Central on Comedy Central, and stream full episodes anytime on Paramount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central podcast.