The Daily Show's Take on Sexual Assault Is Devastatingly Good
LatestHow good is it? It’s got everything a lady could want: Jessica Williams in top form. Jon Stewart growing agitated over gender-related injustice. A subtle shoutout to “Not All Men!” The Daily Show’s take on sexual assault is so good I feel like I need to lie down for awhile after watching it.
Jon Stewart opens the segment by drawing attention to the case at James Madison University, where three frat bros taped themselves sexually assaulting a visibly incapacitated classmate while on spring break. The tape was forwarded to other bros, who forwarded it on, etc, etc, etc. The girl didn’t discover until it had already spread like wildfire what had happened to her. The boys’ punishment? Expulsion upon graduation. Or, as Stewart points out…. “graduation.”