He criticized the current situation of comedians who are only immersed in overly serious anti-Trump content.
Conan O’Brien
Some comedians take the ‘I’ll just always say f*** Trump’ route.
That becomes their comedy.
But I think those people are so angry that they are consumed by their anger to some extent.
It’s a kind of hypnosis.
Like a siren’s song leading you to the reef.
Just ‘Fuck Trump.’ Fuck Trump. Fuck Trump. He was bewitched so that he could only say, ‘That guy is trash.’
At the same time, he laid down his most powerful weapon, the principle that it must be funny, and
I traded it for anger.
Some people might say, ‘This is no time to be funny because the situation is so serious.’
But my opinion is different.
As a comedian, you must always be funny.
We have to find a way somehow.
We need to find a way to sublimate that anger into laughter.
Because great art always becomes a great weapon, a perfect weapon against power.
But if you’re just yelling and getting angry,
You have lost the most important tool in your toolbox.