Last week tonight. Tonight's segment of sex workers

[+ purplekow]

John Oliver's show is usually a combination of serious and light hearted. Tonight was not as light hearted as usual.  Ukraine was the lead story of Sex Workers were the main story of the night.  While the sex worker story did not give any information I did not already know, it was heartening to see a late night show at least address the idea of decriminalization as well as other options.  The show did spend most of the air time debunking the idea that sex workers are almost all been sex trafficked and it seemed to avoid mentioning male sex workers at all.  Still, it was nice to see FOSTA and sting operations mentioned and the farce of  police enforcement against prostitution.  Worth a look tonight or this week if you have the chance.

[+ FrankR]

5 hours ago, purplekow said:

John Oliver's show is usually a combination of serious and light hearted. Tonight was not as light hearted as usual.  Ukraine was the lead story of Sex Workers were the main story of the night.  While the sex worker story did not give any information I did not already know, it was heartening to see a late night show at least address the idea of decriminalization as well as other options.  The show did spend most of the air time debunking the idea that sex workers are almost all been sex trafficked and it seemed to avoid mentioning male sex workers at all.  Still, it was nice to see FOSTA and sting operations mentioned and the farce of  police enforcement against prostitution.  Worth a look tonight or this week if you have the chance.

https://youtu.be/-gd8yUptg0Q

[+ José Soplanucas]

I am trying this thread in the Lounge, let's see how long before it has to be moved to Politics.

Do you follow John Oliver's show? It is one of my favorite ones. Last weekends the topic was sex work and human traffic. Excellent.

 

[MikeBiDude]

@latbear4blkTopic exists in Television….

 

[+ José Soplanucas]

21 minutes ago, MikeBiDude said:

@latbear4blkTopic exists in Television….

 

You can erase this thread if you want to.

 

PS: Sorry! I just responded to the alert without noticing you already moved it. Thank you!

Edited February 28, 2022 by latbear4blk

[+ José Soplanucas]

Additionally, if you are an HBO subscriber, take a look at the first section of the show. The edition they did mocking the Applebees/CNN commercial misstep is freaking hilarious. 

Edited February 28, 2022 by latbear4blk

[MikeBiDude]

33 minutes ago, latbear4blk said:

You can erase this thread if you want to.

 

PS: Sorry! I just responded to the alert without noticing you already moved it. Thank you!

I merged your post with the existing thread, a fun thing moderators can do! 

[n2guysnatl]

John was right on point!