”Det har varit ett svårt år utan dig, Jon Stewart”
Talkshowvärden Jon Stewart har lämnat ett stort vakuum efter sig och är saknad av The Guardians krönikör David Ferguson. I brevform skriver han till Stewart, den tidigare programledaren för ”Daily Show”, som i torsdags gjorde comeback med ett sedvanligt meddelande till Republikanerna under ett inhopp i ”Late Show”.
”Jag har saknat våra kvällar på soffan tillsammans, när du berättar för mig om de senaste onda, dumma eller lustiga saker som Fox News eller Republikanerna gjort”, skriver Ferguson och fortsätter:
”Med politisk satir räcker det inte att vara rolig. Jag behöver ana samma ilska som jag själv känner. Hemska saker händer. Jag vet att du förstår för att jag kan se i dina ögon att vi känner likadant.”
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Jon Stewart
Wikipedia (en)
Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, actor, media critic, and former television host. From 1999 to 2015, he was the host of The Daily Show, a satirical news program that airs on Comedy Central.
Stewart started as a stand-up comedian, but branched into television as host of Short Attention Span Theater for Comedy Central. He went on to host his own show on MTV, The Jon Stewart Show, and then hosted You Wrote It, You Watch It, also on MTV. He has also had several film roles as an actor, but has done few cinematic projects since becoming the host of The Daily Show in 1999. He was also a writer and co-executive producer of the show. After Stewart joined, The Daily Show steadily gained popularity and critical acclaim, and his work won 22 Primetime Emmy Awards.
Stewart has gained acclaim as an acerbic, satirical critic of personality-driven media shows, in particular those of the U.S. media networks such as CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC. Critics say Stewart benefits from a double standard: he critiques other news shows from the safe, removed position of his "fake news" desk. Stewart agrees, saying that neither his show nor his channel purports to be anything other than satire and comedy. In spite of its self-professed entertainment mandate, The Daily Show has been nominated for news and journalism awards. Stewart hosted the 78th and 80th Academy Awards. He is the co-author of America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, which was one of the best-selling books in the U.S. in 2004, and Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race, released in 2010.
Stewart announced on February 10, 2015, during a taping of The Daily Show, that he would leave the show before the end of 2015, but assured fans that he was not retiring and suggested that he would continue writing and may return to stand-up comedy or as a part-time correspondent. Stewart's final show aired on August 6, 2015.
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