As much as I love John Oliver's in depth journalistic segments, its great to see him just do some straight up hilarious comedy from time to time as well, without a larger (usually enraging) issue hanging over the segment's comedic lines.
A lot of the time, the two don't mix very well. He's very good at the journalistic rant, and he's also a funny comedian. In his segment on revenge porn, however, a lot of the jokes he'd inject completely took away from the enraging topic at hand. I get that it's a comedy show, but I don't think he's quite found his footing on balancing the comedy with the issues.
As much as I love John Oliver's in depth journalistic segments, its great to see him just do some straight up hilarious comedy from time to time as well, without a larger (usually enraging) issue hanging over the segment's comedic lines.
He is a pretty funny dude.
A lot of the time, the two don't mix very well. He's very good at the journalistic rant, and he's also a funny comedian. In his segment on revenge porn, however, a lot of the jokes he'd inject completely took away from the enraging topic at hand. I get that it's a comedy show, but I don't think he's quite found his footing on balancing the comedy with the issues.