Audio without visual can take something that is genuinely interesting, and turn it into a horribly dull and boring experience. The proceedings of the United States Supreme Court would certainly fall into that category, and yet they steadfastly refuse to allow any cameras into the court room during arguments.
Don't worry though, because John Oliver just went and changed the game.
Using a nearly "immoral amount of resources," Oliver and the team at Last Week Tonight created their own, entirely more entertaining version of court proceedings by using exclusively animals (mostly puppies). And is the casting of a bulldog as Antonin Scalia not the most perfect decision that has ever been made?
In non-canine news, without translators, the number of American lives lost in Afghanistan would be unfathomable. These people suit up like soldiers and provide our armed forces with valuable information like where IEDs are located, and how to avoid them.
You’d think, then, that in exchange for this invaluable service we would at least protect them even after their time in the military is over. But you’d be wrong, and that’s what had John Oliver so steamed yesterday on Last Week Tonight.
While the U.S. has a system in place to process the visa applications of these intepreters, the bureaucratic quagmire they enter essentially means that they’re more likely to get hunted down by the Taliban before they ever have a chance of getting asylum in the United States.
And, as Oliver puts it, the fact that we won’t help those who help us is “fucking insane.”
[via UPROXX]
