[8.1/10] Nothing so novel with this one, but it did do a very nice job of putting all the dizzying Trump related events from this week into alignment and trying to figure out what it all means. There wasn't anything particularly insightful about it, but it was well-organized and, best of all, had a certain degree of perspective that wasn't overly jubilant, overly naive about what's likely to happen, or overly normalizing of all this stuff. It's an example of Oliver doing the stuff everyone else is doing, but doing it better, which I can appreciate.
But what I really loved was the self-parody of the three-minute TSA story. Oliver noting his own show's beats, from graphics to his "to be fair" statements to the usual silly delight that this week took the form of penguins was a nice way for Last Week Tonight to recognize its own formula in a funny and creative fashion. I hope we get the real TSA story eventually, but this was a real treat to close things out.
Shout by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2017-05-23T02:54:10Z
[8.1/10] Nothing so novel with this one, but it did do a very nice job of putting all the dizzying Trump related events from this week into alignment and trying to figure out what it all means. There wasn't anything particularly insightful about it, but it was well-organized and, best of all, had a certain degree of perspective that wasn't overly jubilant, overly naive about what's likely to happen, or overly normalizing of all this stuff. It's an example of Oliver doing the stuff everyone else is doing, but doing it better, which I can appreciate.
But what I really loved was the self-parody of the three-minute TSA story. Oliver noting his own show's beats, from graphics to his "to be fair" statements to the usual silly delight that this week took the form of penguins was a nice way for Last Week Tonight to recognize its own formula in a funny and creative fashion. I hope we get the real TSA story eventually, but this was a real treat to close things out.