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Samantha Bee's "Full Frontal" spits hot fire

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darkewaffle

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw41BDhI_K8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSMXwzH-moc

Two clips from her latest episode.

She's had a number of really good segments already but her razor sharp characterization of congress around 5:20 in the former and the clips of her interviewing both the Texas representative and the pro-choice activist in the latter are exceptional. She is unafraid to challenge them and even though she supports the activist in principal she is still clearly frustrated at the activist's approach and demeanor.

I do think simply 'pointing out problems' is something of a low-hanging fruit at times and the interviews can make her seem like she's just being disrespectful or obstinate - but hell, the show isn't that long, you do what you can.

I also think it's interesting how it seems like Daily Show alum like Bee and Oliver are willing to cross the line between "comedy" and "advocacy" more readily. It's not overt but I feel there's more of a "call to arms" or "you have to know about this to change it" tone to Full Frontal and Last Week Tonight compared to both the past and present incarnation of The Daily Show.
 
First off the clickbait type show title is pathetic. I was able to stand about 1 minute of her whiny voice and annoying demeanor and lost interest in it.
 
darkewaffle said:
I do think simply 'pointing out problems' is something of a low-hanging fruit at times and the interviews can make her seem like she's just being disrespectful or obstinate - but hell, the show isn't that long, you do what you can.
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Many people aren't aware of the problems. There isn't much else a non-politician can do.
 
I think it's hilarious that three major politically driven shows in America are hosted by non-Americans.
 
she's not funny and neither is trevor noah, but at least her show has some decent criticism from the clips I've seen
 
The show might be entertaining but I can only listen to her for 18 seconds.
 
Samantha Bee is entertaining, but in small doses only. A full show of here is just way more than most sane people can tolerate.
 
Markbnj said:
The show might be entertaining but I can only listen to her for 18 seconds.
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That. While the show does not come close to rising to the level of Last Week Tonight, it's funny. It's too far left of center and not well balanced, but funny anyway. She is terrible and drags down the content.
 
She really should have been the one to take over The Daily Show. Trevor Noah is just awful. Sam is just about on par with Jon.
 
Samantha Bee was long my favorite on the Daily Show, and I expert her own show to be excellent, which is all I've heard about it before this thread.
 
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