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edition of Vote Demmick two.

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Alright, tonight is the night people.

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All year long, we've been waiting to find out

1:22

if Republicans will take control

1:24

of Congress and stop President Biden's

1:27

agenda or if Democrats will

1:29

keep control of Congress and somehow

1:31

stop Biden's agenda. And

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it's all led up to today. Election Day.

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A great day for democracy and for people who

1:40

love waiting in lines, you know, another

1:43

chance to smell a stranger's hair. You've

1:46

probably heard it everywhere, you know, but many people

1:48

believe this maybe the

1:50

most important election of our lifetimes.

1:53

And yes, I know, I know they said that about right.

1:57

I also know that they said it about the mid

1:59

terms, and they definitely said it about twenty

2:02

well know, which I know makes some people say, well,

2:04

clearly none of these elections are as important as people

2:07

say. They always say it's the most important election. But but

2:09

maybe maybe we're thinking of it wrong. You

2:11

know, maybe everything is

2:13

getting worse and worse, which

2:15

makes every election more and more

2:18

important. And I know I said

2:20

that and like that, like it sounded good, but it's not. I

2:22

get that my my inflection didn't match the feeling.

2:24

Well, think of it this way. Think of it this way. Like when you're in a

2:26

car, the breaks of the most important safety

2:29

feature. Right when you're in your driveway,

2:31

it helps to have brakes, yeah, but then when

2:33

you get on the road, the brakes become more

2:35

important. Then you're on the freeway going a hundred

2:37

miles per hour, the breaks are even more important.

2:40

Then a school bus gets stuck in front

2:42

of you, and then you realize that the school bus

2:44

is full of puppies and the puppies are

2:46

holding the only copy of Rihanna's new album

2:49

Another Breaks are the most important prices of like

2:56

a high? Did I take my brakes? Start grunted?

2:59

Not? Luckily, many people did feel like this

3:01

was an important election, so all around the country people

3:04

turned up to vote, everywhere, from

3:06

Arizona to Pennsylvania to Wisconsin

3:10

to a bunch of states that the media doesn't even care

3:12

about. People cast their votes in

3:14

this election, And now that the voting

3:16

is finished, there is some good news.

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You all voted perfectly and

3:22

every problem in America has been solved.

3:25

Congratulations on last voting. Up

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trapping sarcastic. Obviously,

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it's still counting the votes, so we're gonna have to wait until

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tomorrow or two months from now, depending on

3:36

how many lawsuits they are. But

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right now we've got full team

3:41

coverage of election night all around

3:43

the country. So let's kick things off with our

3:45

very own Roy would Jr. Everybody who is live

3:50

party headquarters, Roy

3:55

Tumashous. Time for the Democrats. What's the mood

3:57

like over there right now? It's nervous? Trailer.

4:00

Democrats are not expecting a good

4:02

outcome tonight. Chuck Schumer already

4:04

sweating like Elon Musk looking at Twitter's balance

4:06

sheet. Nancy Pelosi Nanty

4:09

Pelosi, pacing so hard she already got in her

4:11

steps for the week. And Joe Biden, well,

4:13

he's taking a nap, but it's a nervous nap.

4:16

When't nervous naps, you know, like when you sleep at the wheel

4:18

and you there is a well

4:21

roy. You know, if Democrats lose big tonight,

4:23

many stratagists will suggest that their campaign

4:26

messages didn't resonate enough with the voters,

4:28

you know, because they ran on abortion rights and saving

4:30

democracy, but it seems like for most

4:32

voters that wasn't a priority. The

4:35

Democrats agree with you, Trevor. That's

4:37

why tonight they're coming up with brand

4:39

new campaign messages to get voters on their

4:42

side. But tonight they

4:45

think it's a little too late for that. Everyone's votes it already.

4:47

There's still people in line in Georgia.

4:49

And just wait until they get

4:51

on Twitter and see democrats new campaign

4:54

slogan, vote for us

4:57

and we'll get rid of Monday's It's

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a good one. That's that's weird.

5:02

And also, then doesn't Tuesday just become

5:04

the new Monday. How No, that's

5:06

not high verse, because then Tuesday they

5:11

got those ideas. Anyway, man, they got other ideas.

5:13

Here's here's another one. The Democrats of Promise, and they're

5:15

promising to make another season

5:18

of the Office and for black voters Martin.

5:22

And they've

5:24

got a new tax plan. Pay what

5:27

you want, and they'll make it so that everyone's

5:29

team makes it to the super Bowl. Okay,

5:33

pay what you will and everybody's team make

5:35

it to the Super bowler's two policy straight. But

5:38

I don't understand if everyone's team makes us to the

5:41

super Bowl. But don't I'm not done

5:43

with the list here you come with all that damn logic. How

5:45

about this way? Unlimited

5:48

bread sticks at every restaurant,

5:51

even the Chinese ones, even

5:55

the Chinese restaurant unlimited. They

5:57

don't even give you bread sticks to Chinese restaurants.

6:00

And and and look at this list right here,

6:02

man, Look look at all this stuff. Man, Pompkins,

6:04

spice Latte's year round. That's what basic

6:07

bitches like you trap. If

6:11

none of that works, check this out. The Democrats. Here's

6:13

something else they're promising every oscars will

6:16

have a surprise slap. I'm

6:19

turning up, gonna be excitement, a surprisess.

6:22

Meryl Street just hauling off and slapping.

6:25

Timothy Child May just stopping you.

6:27

Don't you want to see that ship? You know you want to suppress.

6:30

I mean these sound very exciting where

6:32

I mean it seems very desperate from the Democrats.

6:34

Well, yeah, that's what I told them, but they refused

6:36

to give up. And now they're talking

6:38

about forgiving everything, student

6:40

loan debt, forgiving gambling

6:43

debts, forgiving. You gave an embarrassing

6:45

best man's speech at your boys, Whending forgiving

6:49

you hit that Browning. You can't be mad at

6:52

me no more for saying your wife looked like Shrek. It

6:54

is what it is, bro. Why

6:59

would you say that during the best man speech?

7:01

She started it. I came to that

7:03

winding in peace to support them. She

7:06

the one who said I got a silvil rights hair line.

7:08

You don't do that to a man. You

7:10

know what there's hair is the line you

7:13

don't cross. Alicia. All right,

7:15

we're gonna talk to you later about that. Now,

7:21

he tromis you are aware promises

7:24

are really away, all right, all right, before

7:26

we crossed over to our next correspondent, we

7:29

do have a new live

7:31

projection coming in and it's

7:33

a big one in the States of

7:36

Georgia. The Georgia Senate

7:38

race. The Daily Show projects

7:41

that herschel Walker has

7:43

won twenty three and me. I

7:49

didn't even realize twenty three and me was a thing you could

7:51

win, but they just announced

7:53

it. So good for him. I guess good for him he did

7:56

it. But anyway, let's go live now to Michael

7:58

Coster, who I believe has come to us from

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Election Denia's headquarters.

8:04

That's right, Trevor. There are so many

8:06

election deniers running this

8:08

year that they have their own headquarters where

8:11

they can watch the results come in. And

8:13

fun fact, the WiFi password

8:15

here is Hillary Killed

8:18

JFK and also

8:21

is JFK all calves. Wow.

8:24

Okay, so I'm really intreat. What's the mood

8:26

like over there? Oh, they are having a blast

8:28

here. And I'll tell you one thing they're not denying

8:31

more jello shots. These people know

8:33

how to party, Trevor. Wow. I mean,

8:36

I'm assuming election denials must be doing well

8:38

tonight. They are, And hundreds of

8:40

election deniers ran for office this year.

8:42

And a lot of them have already won their races. I

8:45

see, Wait, these are

8:47

election denias. So

8:49

I guess they don't think there's any fraud in

8:51

their elections. Well, no, of

8:53

course not. They won, Okay,

8:56

but then what about the election denias who didn't

8:58

win tonight's. Well, obviously their

9:01

elections were stolen, you know, just like Trump's

9:04

was in twenty and will be again

9:07

unless he wins, in which case it was

9:09

legitimate. It

9:11

sounds like these people are just sore loses. Whoa,

9:14

whoa. We do not say that word here,

9:16

Trevor. Okay, especially not with

9:19

the hard are Okay,

9:23

but no, cost of the reasoning doesn't make

9:26

any sense. Actually, it's

9:28

pretty simple. Let me break it down for you. Okay.

9:30

So you see, if they lost, that's

9:33

because it was rigged. And you can tell

9:35

it was rigged because they

9:38

lost. Yeah.

9:40

But but Michael, that's circular logic.

9:42

Well it's it's actually more of an oval,

9:45

if you ask me. So, okay,

9:47

how do they know the election they won

9:50

wasn't rigged? Well that's easy because

9:52

they won, so it's fair. It's

9:54

all over here on this other oval, okay. And

9:57

and now that they've

9:59

won, they can change the voting laws,

10:02

you know, purge the voter rolls, throw

10:04

out ballots they don't like, give themselves the

10:06

power to overturn resolves so they never

10:08

lose again. But that's rigging

10:10

the election, so they win. What are

10:13

you not understanding? Okay,

10:16

if they win, that means it wasn't

10:19

rigged. Do they not have ovals in Africa?

10:21

And we kept ovals

10:24

Costa? This is about logic. It doesn't

10:26

seem like a democracy to me. Look, I'd

10:28

love to keep explaining it to you, but I gotta go. Everyone's

10:30

heading over to the capitol to celebrate well or

10:32

to storm it. We'll see when we get there. Are you

10:35

been keptul off? There? Cost to Michael, cost to everybody?

10:40

This is uh, We're any stressful

10:42

election art Before

10:44

before we get to our next correspondent, we have some more

10:46

results coming in. Our analysts

10:49

have crunched all the numbers and we

10:51

can confirm that that five

10:53

bucks you donated didn't do

10:55

ships. So more results.

10:58

Let's grow it over to Dulce Sloan in the twenty

11:00

two election center right now. Don't

11:06

say it's rarely crazy.

11:09

What can you tell us about this election

11:11

twenty twenty two? No, I'm a

11:13

twenty twenty four elections that the baby. Come on, see

11:17

where I'm Heck, you know what I'm doing? Yeah,

11:20

the presidential election. We gotta move on twenty

11:23

two with old news. Okay, actually it's over,

11:26

It's literally not over all, right. I want

11:28

to know who want to night's races? You want to

11:30

know who want tonight's races? They go

11:32

with it. But

11:37

what are you here for? Listen? I'm here to wildly

11:40

speculate about who might win next

11:42

time it's called the news. Fine,

11:52

I'll play along. What data can you give

11:55

us about the four presidential

11:57

race? What? Who's data? What

11:59

are we It's way too

12:01

early for that. This is my favorite part

12:03

of the race where you could just get on TV and

12:06

gossip. Yeah. Now

12:09

I don't gossip. I'm a good Christian woman. But

12:14

like, did you hear Trump called

12:16

RhoD De Santras a bitch? And

12:20

Joe Biden says he's running again? But I

12:23

heard he died three months ago? Why

12:30

are you growning? This

12:32

is if the Man met Jesus.

12:34

The Man met Jesus. What do you want fact about? Now?

12:44

Listen? Listen, listen. You

12:46

can't forget about the wide card in

12:48

this race Oprah. Wait

12:52

wait, wait, are you saying Oprah is

12:54

running? She didn't say she's not so

12:56

am as far as I'm concerned. Shit, don't

13:00

say come on, this is what people hate about

13:02

the political media. I'm

13:04

not forcing anybody's to watch. If

13:06

you don't like it, you can turn off the m TV. Enough for the speculation.

13:09

Don't say slow and everybody, this is too much speculation

13:13

and mode. None of that.

13:17

Okay. Now, as you know, As

13:19

you know, many news organizations

13:22

did their own exit polling today,

13:24

So we sent Dazzy led out

13:26

to some polling locations in New York City

13:29

for some exit polls of our own,

13:31

and let's see how that turned out. Hi,

13:34

I'm Daddy lighted here outside the polls on

13:36

election day. I would be inside

13:38

voting, but I've got one too many felony convictions,

13:41

so instead I'm doing some exit

13:43

polling. I'm

13:46

just doing a little bit of exit holling.

13:48

Can I ask you a few questions? Great,

13:50

um, did you base your decision to

13:52

exit based on a sign about

13:54

the door that said exit or just like a gut

13:57

decision? Did

14:00

you just exit the polls? We did, Yes,

14:03

we did. Thank you for your time. What

14:07

was your exit experience, Like the

14:09

last few questions on the ballot were all about, you

14:12

know, things we would vote yes or no for to include

14:14

for New York, And one of them was about having values

14:17

for the city. And I don't

14:19

want to know what's on the valid or you voted.

14:21

I'm more interested in exiting, Like, what was

14:23

your exiting experience? Like? Was there

14:26

an exit sign over the door? I didn't

14:28

even notice. I didn't notice. Were

14:30

you paying attention to anything important? Yeah?

14:32

I was paying attention to the voting. What

14:35

direction do you think we're headed in the

14:38

way things are looking, it's very

14:40

frightening. Oh, I'm sorry. I don't mean as

14:42

a country. I just mean in terms of where the door

14:44

is. The door looks like it's leading

14:46

in the wrong direction away from democracy.

14:49

No, I mean like literally, I'm asking literally about

14:51

the door. Do you open it with your hand? You

14:53

have to get push? The exit

14:55

door is open? Thank you? I mean, is it that hard

14:57

to talk about doors? To

15:01

talk about doors? Well, yes, because you

15:04

think there's some symbolism attached to it.

15:06

Yeah, I don't know. I don't know

15:09

symbolism. I'm done with symbolism. What color

15:11

was the paint in there? We're talking eggshell or

15:13

more of an off white. It

15:16

was. It was eggshell, but

15:18

a lot of regim. But do you know this isn't really

15:20

how exit polls work. I mean, I have a

15:22

thirteen year old here, and I'm teaching him the

15:25

whole civic process. Oh no, I

15:28

know that, I know what exit polls are. I just cannot

15:30

talk about these candidates for one more second.

15:32

Yeah, I hear you. Is not really about

15:36

or doors. Now. I know what exit

15:38

pulling is. It's just that the mid term stressed

15:40

me out so much that I want to talk about

15:43

literally anything else. Like this morning,

15:45

I woke up in a cold sweat screaming, we

15:47

selled it. I think the economy is also very

15:49

important. The guy

15:53

I don't want to hear about that. Just um, what

15:56

did the door handle look like? Your

16:00

coordinator? Just the man

16:02

I'm looking for. I'm doing some exit

16:04

pulling. Can you talk to me about the design of the

16:07

exits? All right? Basically,

16:09

the ass uh, we

16:12

have a front as it so people could come

16:14

in the building. Also,

16:16

the people that are handicapped or whatever

16:18

can still come out the same way you win in. Oh,

16:21

got it? Okay, So the front entrance

16:23

is also This

16:26

is just the information I was looking for. Finally,

16:29

someone who can give me the answers that I want.

16:32

Thank you, just what I wanted

16:34

to talk. I

16:40

knew you gotta go. It's okay,

16:43

go go quickly because I don't like good bias, hate

16:46

seeingy leave, but I love watching you go. Not

16:49

like a hervy way, just like an exiting

16:51

pull away. You're

16:55

like the company waste of time. All right, we need

16:58

to take a break right now, but when we come back, we're gonna

17:00

be taking a look at America's entire history

17:02

of black governors. That's right, all four of them. So

17:05

stick around. Welcome

17:23

back to the day show. Tonight, the people

17:25

of Maryland elected Westmore as America's

17:28

newest black governor, and he joins

17:30

as the latest member of a very small group.

17:32

For more, we turned to Roy Wood Jr. In another

17:34

episode of CP Time. M

17:37

H, Well,

17:46

hello, welcome to CEP

17:48

Time, the only show that's

17:50

for the culture. Today we'll

17:53

be discussing the history of black

17:55

governors. And I know when you think

17:57

of governors, you think of old white men

17:59

and big man rants with the top hatent that weird monocle,

18:02

just with some glasses. Governor, you can afford the

18:04

frames, But in fact,

18:07

America has a history of unknown

18:09

but meaningful black governors like

18:12

Pps pitch Back, America's

18:15

first black governor and the

18:17

only politician in US history brought

18:20

to you by viewers like you. Pinchback

18:22

was born in Georgia to a black slave mother

18:25

and a white plantation owner who emancipated

18:28

his baby mama, which would have

18:30

made for one hell of a Maoria episode. During

18:33

his life, Pitchback, who could

18:35

pass as a white man of Latin descent,

18:38

leaned into his blackness, something

18:41

that is known today as draking.

18:44

Pitch Back got involved in politics and

18:46

rose to the third highest office in the state

18:48

of Louisiana, which is pro tempt

18:51

of the Senate, not as some people

18:53

believe the football coach of LL issue. Then,

18:56

in eighteen seventy two, after the

18:59

Lieutenant governed died and the

19:01

governor was impeach, pitch

19:03

Back became governor. Because

19:06

sometimes the best way for black people to take power

19:09

is to just wait for somebody else to die. Kamala

19:15

pinch Back would unfortunately only hold

19:17

the office for thirty five days, but

19:20

during that brief step he enacted

19:22

ten laws. Proven it's

19:24

not about how long you last, Fellas,

19:26

it's about how efficient you are. Were you

19:29

in there? And don't let anybody tell you otherwise,

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Which brings us to our sponsor, gas

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don't know how they work, I don't know what's

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hurt. After

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PBS Pinchback's governorship, America

19:49

would not see another black person serving

19:51

that role for over one hundred years.

19:54

That man would be Douglas Wilder.

19:57

Wilder grew up in the segregated itself of

19:59

the nineteen thirties. During his

20:01

time at Virginia's Union University, he

20:04

experienced so much racism working at

20:06

a dinner he considered poison in

20:08

white people's salads, which

20:10

may sound harsh, but if you order

20:12

a salad at a dinner, you deserve

20:15

to be poisoned. After

20:17

graduating, Wilder was drafted

20:19

into the army and served in the Korean

20:21

War. He would go on to win the

20:24

Bronze Star for his heroism during

20:26

the Battle of pork Chop Hill. Now

20:29

pork Chop Hill, that's

20:31

what you want to order at a dinner, whole

20:34

big pile of pork chops, saltat

20:37

and butter and garlic, and it's just the

20:40

graven deepicious.

20:45

Wilder returned to Virginia and got

20:48

into politics after serving in

20:50

the Virginia Senate. In ninety

20:52

nine, he became the first black person

20:54

ever elected governor of Virginia,

20:57

and he owed it all to his campaign slogan,

21:00

don't make me poison your salads. Moving

21:03

on, our next black

21:06

governor is Deval Patrick.

21:08

Patrick was raised by a single mother on

21:11

Chicago South Side after his father,

21:13

a jazz musician, left his family.

21:16

Because everybody knows that jazz is all

21:18

about the kids you don't raisee. After

21:21

graduating from Harvard Law School, the

21:24

vol spent the early eighties working as

21:26

a lawyer for the a c P. During

21:28

that time, he sued then

21:31

Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and

21:33

impressed him so much during the case, Clinton

21:36

later hired him, which I get

21:39

you etna get jazz beat by somebody playing pick up

21:41

basketball so bad you'd be like, yo, you

21:43

got to be on my team. And

21:46

then he hates playing with you because you gotta

21:48

bust it knee and a bad heart and you won't stop slapping

21:50

people's asses because that's what we did back in the day. It was

21:52

nothing sexual about that call call

21:56

me back Carl Let's bowl. Anyway.

22:00

After serving and President Clinton's Justice

22:02

Department, Dvall spent some time

22:05

working in the private sector before returning

22:07

to politics, and in two thousand and six,

22:09

Davaal became the first black governor of

22:11

Massachusetts, succeeding

22:14

the whitest governor of Massachusetts,

22:16

Mitt Romney. It was like going

22:18

from watching Frasier to the BT Awards.

22:21

It's jarring. Moving

22:24

on to our final governor, David Patterson,

22:27

who was not only New York's first black

22:29

governor, but also the first

22:31

blind governor in American history. He

22:34

was like a political Stevie wonder If

22:37

you're one of those people who actually believe

22:39

that Stevie Wonders blind, I

22:42

know you can see Stevie. I was at the concert in

22:44

Sevre turning ran from me, I want my money

22:46

mother. In

22:52

two thousand and eight, then Lieutenant Governor

22:54

Patterson took over the governorship from

22:56

Elliot Spitzer after Spitzer

22:58

was disgrace from having numerous

23:01

affairs with high end escorts. But

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once Patterson took office, he

23:06

proved that black governors could also

23:08

be plagued with scandals. A

23:10

previous affair with a co worker came to light. He

23:13

was accused of giving jay Z a sweetheart investment

23:15

deal. He was fined for unlawfully

23:18

accepting Yankees World Series tickets. All

23:20

in all, he was having a pretty good time

23:22

as governor. But that's

23:24

all the black governors we have time to discuss

23:26

today. There

23:29

there are no more black governors. That

23:31

was all the black governors. Damn

23:36

black people who produced less governors than Predator

23:38

movies. It tells me two things.

23:41

One America must do better and

23:43

two I need to watch Predator

23:45

again. That was a damn good movie. This has

23:48

been CP time. And remember

23:50

before the culture station

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sex Jimmy,

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bring him out to Fable later. Thank

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you so much about roy or if they choo? Because when

24:04

we come back, the star of The Woman

24:06

King toots on bad and we'll be joining me right here on the

24:09

show. You know what I'm going. Welcome

24:24

back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is

24:27

an award winning actor. He currently

24:29

stars alongside Viola Davis in

24:31

the critically acclaimed film The Woman

24:34

King, which is in theaters right now. Please

24:37

welcome my final South African touts bad,

24:58

he choos it. Welcome

25:00

to the Daily Show. I'm excited to be

25:02

here. I'm excited to have you here. This is so amazing South

25:05

African and South African look

25:07

at this, look at this, not

25:10

just the South Africa, South African who is

25:13

absolutely crushing it in everything

25:15

that you do. Congratulations, congratulations

25:18

on the woman King. I mean, everyone critics

25:20

nineties something on Rotten Tomorrows.

25:23

Everybody talks about rais about it. It's not

25:25

an easy film to watch again, and it feels

25:27

like you have the snack for not

25:29

just acting, but portraying a

25:32

person, a moment and a feeling in time

25:35

that that makes people feel like what

25:37

you do that on purpose, not the acting part, but you choose

25:39

a role because you go like, I'm going to make people cry with this one.

25:42

Not cry. It's

25:45

funny because I'm always like back

25:47

home in South Africa, That's what I was known for, and

25:49

so I am actively resisting

25:51

roles that I, as

25:54

a character would have to cry. And in

25:56

this one, I loved the fact that violets

25:59

violist aaracter tells my character

26:01

that you do not cry in

26:03

this space. Absolutely loved it because then

26:06

it means I don't have to cry. Um,

26:09

But then you know, the movie then

26:11

tells us that, Um, what whole

26:13

I was telling my character is not necessarily true because

26:16

it's taking away her tears means stripping

26:18

her of her humanity ultimately, so

26:21

um, but yeah, I I choose projects

26:23

that I feel will have some sort

26:25

of impact. You know, we're not following the money, we're

26:27

following purpose, were following changing

26:30

people's lives. I did drama in high

26:32

school and the university because I wanted to use acting

26:34

as a tool for social change. So yeah,

26:37

because people take for grants and how much it chakee helture,

26:40

how influence to her in through the world, what you doing

26:42

it? This is also

26:44

a great opportunity for me and for

26:46

you and you you seized it because you know you

26:49

kick ass in this movie literally

26:52

so like you you you fight, yes,

26:56

and you I don't know how many martial arts did

26:58

you study for that? Like you have to go? It

27:01

was like it was. However,

27:06

there was a range of different things. Um,

27:08

I got costs, I think like April ish pre

27:11

production training was starting in July,

27:14

so I put myself through more tie between

27:16

yes, yeah, actually doing Actually

27:18

you're hitting yourself. There's a there's a

27:21

video. You check it out if it's still on your social

27:23

media. It's amazing because you show us the

27:25

progression. So obviously in the movie it's just you like

27:27

kicks Papa, and then

27:29

you play the video where you start off, and it's like beating

27:34

yourself in the beginning. Why would you put yourself

27:37

through that? You know you can use your stunt double right, Okay,

27:39

wait, Gina, our director does not believe

27:41

in stunt doubles. Yes, number

27:43

one, and so part of our addition for the movie

27:46

was going through a physical and fitness

27:48

test to determine whether I be able

27:50

to do my own stuns or not. Yeah,

27:53

so let me like, you know how to fight? Now, I

27:55

like to believe. I

27:58

don't like to be you can fight. I

28:00

don't know. I don't know. We were accident

28:03

and cutting the movie, and I

28:05

think I also I also learned

28:08

from the you know, from talking to some of the people who are involved

28:10

in the movie that you this is one of my favorite stories

28:12

from the film. Everyone had to do. I think it was

28:14

two hours of training. Two

28:17

hours of training. You then said no, I

28:20

would like to do three hours. An extra

28:22

hour Yeah, okay, naturally,

28:25

but then because of that, the director

28:27

was like, that's actually a great idea. Everyone should do three

28:29

hours. It was not bad. Already

28:31

read already No man, guys,

28:34

no understand, you know it was

28:36

We're all new too, stunts and action.

28:38

And you know, I have great confidence

28:40

in the amount of time that I put into my acting, into

28:42

the research and the conversations and the rehearb

28:44

and the rehearsals, and so let's say

28:47

my acting, I was up here. I needed my

28:49

stunts to be at least, you

28:51

know, in the vicinity. But then you

28:54

became that kid in class. I remember, I remember

28:56

in school, and you know the kids I'm talking about. You

28:58

become in that kid in class where sometimes a less would end

29:00

and then the teacher will be like, okay, everybody goes, and then that

29:03

kid who goes like, sir, you didn't give us homework

29:08

extra. I mean, it came out great in the movie,

29:11

but there must have been a moment where people like Tu Sauna

29:16

come on before that.

29:18

You want to talk about the projects that you're embarking

29:20

on now, because it's one thing to perform in front

29:22

of the camera, you know, it's another to to

29:24

cement yourself in an industry. But you've

29:27

really jumped, you know, from from strength

29:29

to strength. You've got an entire production

29:31

deal with Paramount Plus now where you're gonna

29:34

be working on your own productions, which I know you're really passionate

29:36

about. I'd love to know what you would dream of

29:38

creating you could you know, not the specific stories,

29:40

but what are you trying to create in the world where you are

29:43

the teller of the story versus just the person who's in

29:45

it. I think more than anything, you know,

29:47

I wanna create the stories

29:50

that are innately on us because

29:52

growing up and being in this industry, one

29:55

you believe that you can be anything until

29:57

you get to the industryand they tell you know you can't. And

30:00

so what are those stories? And

30:02

like with the Paramount Plus deal, we're specifically

30:05

focusing on health, climate, and equity

30:07

as part of their social impact initiatives

30:10

and taking that to South Africa and Africa,

30:12

and so those are stories that will

30:16

transform people's thinking because from my understanding

30:18

and from what I've experienced back home, is they're

30:21

very keen on commissioning projects that

30:23

will encourage destructive behavior

30:26

but aren't necessarily teaching people how to transform

30:28

and empower their lives. And so if we

30:31

can come with those

30:33

stories that are both entertaining and

30:35

teaching people to do better and be better. Then

30:38

I'm all the happier for it, because then otherwise

30:40

why are we doing this? You know? Yeah,

30:43

I really love the teplation. Thank you, which

30:46

it's been beautifully to work your join have

30:48

seen you act and and do the best

30:50

and just kick ass. I've seen you kick

30:53

ass in all martial arts, including yourself

30:55

and the other people. Um, I truly

30:57

believe and I don't think I'll be wrong in this. You're

30:59

gonna a guest and everything your production company,

31:02

the work you're doing in South Africa, everything you do

31:04

going forward. Thank you so much for joining me with let

31:06

me can see your job absolutely cos

31:09

she's saying better everybody. We're gonna

31:11

take the quick rights right back after this. Thank

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