Video: Daily Show takes on Obama for shunning the Dalai Lama in deference to China…
Posted by theworsthorse in china, funny -- or not?, HHDL, video of the moment on 10 8th, 2009 | 7 responses
…and goes for laughs at His Holiness’s expense, too. All this in Thursday night’s opening segment. Here it is — what do you think?
(Um, it should be said, “Parental Advisory: Explicit Content” sorta applies here.)
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Hell No, Dalai | ||||
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October 8th, 2009 at 7:13 am
This was great. I love that the writers can create 6 minutes of funny jokes on this topic.
October 8th, 2009 at 8:01 am
I laughed at the beginning, but the piece with John Oliver was in pretty bad taste, no? Made me cringe.
October 8th, 2009 at 9:31 am
yeah, I totally agree, Konchog. …hope we can catch up soon, btw.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
I first saw this and immediately thought about sending it onto The Worst Horse. I find it all funny. In bad taste? Definitely it does prod my more delicate attachments to HH The Dalai Lama and Buddhism in general. But I imagine him laughing at this with me. And I can’t ignore the underlying subtext to it all: Buddhism as an open plane onto which ideas of peace and civility can be reflected.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
On second viewing: It was in bad taste. A specialty of The Daily Show. Also still funny.
October 8th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
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October 14th, 2009 at 11:13 am
I loved this topic, and it really brought the irony, and the idiocracy of our government’s unwillingness to meet with H.H. the Dalai Lama. Daily show writers really hit the funny bone on this, but showed the weakness of our government’s posture as well.