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Ed Helms and Jordan Klepper on Finding Authenticity as a TDS Correspondent | Behind the Show

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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The Shift Towards Authenticity in Media Satire

This chapter explores the changing dynamics in media satire, emphasizing the growing importance of authenticity in comedy and news. The discussion highlights the evolution from traditional humor to more genuine audience connections and the benefits of a rotating host format in fostering sincerity.

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We're back with Ed Helms. It has been a little bit interesting in, I do think like, you know, Daily Show as media satire, it has, you know, Colbert helped create it as did all of the early correspondence of like the archness of the overly confident reporter is sort of the big target of a lot of that initial satire. And I do think what has been curious over the last 10 years is the media landscape has changed. And so news doesn't look the same. It's not just all white guys who are telling you what they know about the world. Right. That dynamic has shifted. But also even just the structure with which people watch news has changed. And what they want from their company has shifted. And so there has been this new balance of like, how do you bring a certain amount of authenticity to who you are? I feel like when Trevor came in, the audience had to know who Trevor Noah was before he could be arched about stuff. And frankly, Trevor didn't love going arch on stuff and that was more with correspondence came in. But when he started to bring people on, archness was a tool they could use. But he brought Roy Wood Jr. on because Roy's funny and smart and knows how to play off of that. And can use the tools of reporter satire, but is also going to use the tools of just like authentic stand up. It's been interesting to watch how that has shifted and part of it is I think a reflection of frankly the news that we are watching and what an audience wants from their comedy. They feel like they almost need to know you now and you can't hide as much behind character.
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Interesting. I think you're onto something. And it's also a reason that this new rotating host format, I think, is so successful because it gives all of you a chance to be genuine and to sit across from an interview subject and have those real moments. Like we never had that. And I have to say like, I can look back on my correspondent character who shared my name, right? My correspondent character had my name but was not me. Like very different from me. And arguably like kind of a dick. And that also didn't sit well with me. Because I had to then move through the world as this like, you know, that's, I do give the audience credit like they understood I was being a sort of like, dick for comedy's sake.

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