The geographical separation of American politics

Jarvis 2022-08-19 23:53:26

Jon Stewart discovered and trained Trevor Noah, a young black guy from South Africa, and entrusted him with the comedy show he had run for many years in 2015. The Jewish Stewart himself should be regarded as the wisest political satire in the United States in recent years, but the movies created by the same brain can only be said to be unsatisfactory.

"Irresitible" (Irresitible, 2020), which premiered on Friday, has a clear focus-an economically declining town in Wisconsin, an important swing state for the 2020 election, the story roughly says that the mayor election also requires the use of both "The Art of War" and Makia. Willy's strategy plus a large amount of capital investment. The problem is that if the money is directly used to improve people's livelihood, the effect may be much greater. There is no lack of wit in the film, but using the difference between simile and metaphor as a joke is a certain distance from Stewart's sharp and talented show when he hosted the evening comedy show.

During the epidemic, all movies premiered on streaming media platforms seemed to choose a fee of $19.99 for 48 hours. In order to make myself feel value for money, I can only replay it repeatedly without hesitating to pay more for electricity. The most interesting detail comes from Gary, the leading actor and political trader in Washington. He can take a small business jet to Wisconsin. The locals can’t see it anyway, but the car rental refused to BMW 7. Instead, he chose the domestic brand Ford Explorer and asked for the car audio to be BOSE. , So that he can listen to NPR's talk show Fresh Air. Liberal sent to the hinterland of the United States and thought that drinking Budweiser was the only way to show how to follow the local customs, but his awkwardness when opening the bottle revealed the difference between the East and the Midwest that was not easy to bridge.

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Irresistible quotes

  • Gary Zimmer: So you used me.

    Diana Hastings: We used you? You guys only show up here once every four years, and only then 'cause it's a swing state. And then, when it's over, you're gone. But we're still here with all the same problems we had before, just waiting around for you to come back and make the same empty promises as last time. We used the system. You make millions of dollars funneling tens of millions of dollars into this election economy. All we did is take a cut.

    Gary Zimmer: Hmm. Well... I guess I just... I thought that maybe you and I had a little something.

    Diana Hastings: [scoffs] I'm 28. I mean...

    [chuckles]

    Diana Hastings: in what world would this... be okay?

    Gary Zimmer: D.C. and L.A., parts of New York, Miami, maybe Dallas.

    Gary Zimmer: Mm.

    [chuckles]

    Gary Zimmer: Look... it wasn't personal.

    Gary Zimmer: Mm.

    Diana Hastings: It was math.

    Gary Zimmer: Math.

    Diana Hastings: But this system, the way we elect people, it's terrifying. And exhausting. And I think it's driving us all insane.

  • Big Mike: You know what the real problem here is that the media is completely complicit in this sort of thing.

    Little Mike: Oh, I absolutely agree. I mean, it's like Neil Postman said... in entertaining ourselves, news has become entertainment.

    Big Mike: Yeah. Yeah.

    Little Mike: And when that happens... it's gone.

    Big Mike: Yeah.

    Little Mike: [...] It metastasizes, so it... it's growing and... and whatever, so...

    Big Mike: Yeah. Well, it becomes... it's sort of like any sort of autoimmune disorder.

    Little Mike: Yeah.

    Big Mike: It's like... it's like lupus. Know what I mean?

    Little Mike: That's actually a really great metaphor. That's... that's like...

    Big Mike: It's a simile.

    Little Mike: 'Cause you said...

    Big Mike: 'Cause I said... I said it's like.

    Little Mike: [realizes] You said it's like.

    Big Mike: Yeah, right. It's like lupus.