John Oliver is back from his three-week hiatus, and while we wouldn’t say all is right with the world now Last Week Tonight has returned, it’s certainly a relief to watch Oliver let fly on some things that are wrong with the world as only he can do. This week, it’s new U.K. Prime Minister Boris “Britain Trump” Johnson.
Oliver roasts everything from Johnson’s hair and the Olympic flying-fox incident (low-hanging, but always juicy, comedy fruit) and his hobbies (you may or may not recall the cardboard bus interview), to his artfully rumpled personal style (“a cartoon Englishman who dresses like a raccoon that just emerged from David Foster Wallace’s trash”).
“Right there is the key to Boris Johnson: presenting his own lack of preparation so charmingly that you actually doubt he’s unprepared, but he is," says Oliver. "[...] His bumbling persona is actually a carefully calibrated act.” That’s barely halfway through the 22-minute segment, and it gets better.
It’s a truly savage and clinical takedown in classic Oliver style, and it's a must-watch, whether you know what a "no-deal Brexit" is or not.
Topics John Oliver Last Week Tonight Politics
