Jon Stewart has gotten under Trump's skin in the past. Now, Stewart's back — and may do it again.
While Trump is out of the White House, it feels as though America is in more need of saving than ever in our lifetimes. Well, the good news is that Stewart is back! The Emmy Award-winning comedian just kicked off his new biweekly Apple TV+ show, “,” that, by its own description, aims to address problems plaguing our nation and to “discuss how we come up with change.”
The first episode gave us a taste of what we can expect. Stewart focused on U.S. military veterans who becamethe military set up outside their overseas bases to burn everything from garbage to human feces."We support our troops, unless they actually need support," Stewart said as he featured veterans who said the government had turned its back on them after they’d risked their lives for the country.
Stewart has clearly set out to make a show that is not just funny but that also intentionally pushes for change. That’s evidence of Stewart’s evolution. When I interviewed him in 2011 for “The Muslims Are Coming!” — a comedy documentary I co-directed — Stewart said his comedy had resulted in no impact on the issues he wanted to see changed.
Of course, Stewart had agreed to be interviewed for a documentary intended to use comedy to counter anti-Muslim bigotry. So he clearly understood that comedy — and the arts more generally — can play a role in activism. But he also understood that it takes more than jokes to change things.Perhaps it was his frustration at not seeing tangible change arise from his comedy alone that inspired him to try his hand at more traditional activism on behalf of 9/11 first responders.
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