Last Week Audience

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When Last Week Tonight first premiered on April 27th, 2014 many people were quick to judge their format in comparison to other late night TV shows. Until then, the culture of late night was dominated with short skits, leading into a celebrity interview. John Oliver, host of Last Week Tonight, found his niche by focusing his shows on one event that happened in the last week. This one event is well researched and in some cases he gets the point of a broken system across better than most news anchors. He isn’t afraid to take on countries or corporations, ridiculing their sanctimonious operations. Being a fan of this show, I absorb the powerful satire culture that it creates and am inspired to take action based on the ideas John Oliver proposes …show more content…
He couldn’t care less about Donald Trump and his clown parade, especially since the election will be next year. The comment section on many sites such as YouTube praises him for his recognition of how long the election process is and how many things can change during the stages of the early caucuses. While Last Week Tonight and the many online followers have avoided talking about the election in favor of more important topics that would have an impact on today’s world. I decided to take a different viewpoint and over cover the presidential elections digging out all of the comedic gold that comes from the various news organizations like FOX and CNN. This allows me to hold a different viewpoint from the most male satire community in Last Week Tonight. In one case, for a blog post, I related what CNN said to Pokémon. Then continuing with the spirit of Last Week Tonight I edited pictures to go with my claim, ending up with Donald Trump’s face on a “Bulbasaur”. Striving to take a different viewpoint than what already exists I have come up with my own feminine point of view to add to the male standard. Men view women as people who don’t usually participate in satire or stand up, and those who do act like Jim Webb and always say they don’t get enough attention. Tina Fey knows this and wants to change how men view women by trying hard at what she …show more content…
He proves that most viewers could not identify Peru on a map, on these sketches he continues to point out countries on the map that are not Peru to trick people. Or just put a blank map on screen and force viewers out of guilt to look up where the country is located. This type of joke proves that many viewers while they may know the basic story of the news story have no idea where in the world it is exactly located. I often recreate this misinformation effect in my everyday life. In order to do this I have to keep up with the news and establish a credible sharing among my friends. Then hit them with a false fact that is in no way true but it has a comedic aspect behind it if looked for. Tricking people like this is very funny but if done around the wrong type of person the joke sinks and does not go down well. Small decisions such as this are hard to make and make me substantially different from my male peers who shout out any heckle that might be worth something in the long run. By sitting back and working out the perfect timing and content for the joke I stand out by looking organized which is a step up from the disorganized male way of doing things. Sheryl Sandberg relates to this experience as a female as well, “I believe this bias is at the core of why women are held back. It is also at the very core of why women hold themselves back,” (Sandberg 2). Sandberg
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