Saturday, April 17, 2010
The Daily Show's Jason Jones in Iran
Not sure exactly who is speaking in the background, but I remember watching this on the Daily Show a little while back. Jason Jones actually went to Iran to cover the elections for laughs, but here he talks about some of the things he saw. I put this up because I really enjoyed the Rick Steves video on Iran, and I think it's interesting show Steves and Jones have almost the same feelings toward the Iranian people. All just further proof to show that regular your average Iranian citizen isn't what our media would make us believe. Being a traveler at heart, it just makes me want to go there more to check things out for myself.
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I am an avid watcher of the Daily Show and have even seen it live once but the reason i enjoy it is because of the content behind the humor. I have seen shows where Dennis Leary guest stars and they sit there and crack jokes the entire time but i have also seen shows where Jon Stewart can sit down and have a surprising serious conversation with someone about politics. This particular segment was interesting and became more so around the five minute mark when they seemed to put joking aside for a minute and actually talk about how great the Iranian people are and how hard it was for them to make jokes during the election because of the seriousness and importance for the country as a whole. I believe that its very important for Americans to see Iranian people in their home environment and how similar their lives are to ours. Of course us understanding them for will not help their internal issues but it would give Americans possibly a new outlook and we could better understand why peace and stability is so important in the Iran.
ReplyDeleteThis is great! I love the subtle witticisms that these kind of shows portray. What I love even more is seeing when Americans realize they aren't as quick to grasp them as they think.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, I might be a little hypocritical or naive by thinking that maybe some of their humor is a little crude in such a political place. On the other hand, when have politics NOT been crude? In addition, people who are going through tough times need a good laugh.