Five years after leaving TheDailyShow, Jon Stewart spoke to the 'New York Times' about his upcoming film, police brutality and more
, police brutality and the 2020 election.in 2015, Stewart described his return to the public eye — particularly in a tumultuous year like 2020 — like “showing up to a plane crash with a chocolate bar.” “There’s tragedy everywhere, and you’re like, ‘’Uh, does anybody want chocolate?'” he told the‘ David Marchese. “It feels ridiculous. But what doesn’t feel ridiculous is to continue to fight for nuance and precision and solutions.
“But the how isn’t as important as the why, which we never address,” he continued. “The police are a reflection of a society. They’re not a rogue alien organization that came down to torment the black community. They’re enforcing segregation. Segregation is legally over, but it never ended. The police are, in some respects, a border patrol, and they patrol the border between the two Americas. We have that so that the rest of us don’t have to deal with it.
Stewart also attacks Trump and his mishandling of the pandemic but doesn’t think the question is about how it will affect his chances of being reelected. “That’s the question the media asks,” he said. “What they should be focused on is, here’s what happens when you hollow out the pandemic-response team. You have to go after the case of competence and anti-corruption. The media wants to prosecute the case of offensiveness. That doesn’t matter.
Despite his lengthy and passionate answers in the Q&A, the former host makes it clear that he doesn’t miss being regularly part of the conversation . He also praises his successor, Trevor Noah, for continuing to elevate“I think everybody would like it to be as neat as, ‘I’ve been thinking about this subject, and here is the manner in which I present it to you — my masterpiece,'” he said. “But this is all part of a conversation that I started having with audiences years ago.
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