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His joke about pulling down the statue and letting democracy reign in Hollywood was great, as was his joke about pirating videos. "These are the people you are stealing from!" The problem was the audience's inability to laugh at itself. They wanted someone cutting edge and funny, but the joke was never to be on them. Can't have it both ways. That they laughed at Lily Tomlin and Meryl Streep just proved they really don't know funny when they see it. I found that whole bit very uncomfortable. I don't like it when people say Jon Stewart sucked. How funny could he be anyway? His political ads and film montages (loved the gay cowboy montage) were stepping stones through a long and boring show. I really enjoyed them. You're right about the stars though. We used to have some tough people who were not afraid to say what they thought. Who will fill their shoes? No one, I guess. About Reese Witherspoon and P. S. Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix was better than both of them. Her performance was totally unremarkable compared to JP's.
