Those who turned to The Daily Show last Wednesday in the
hopes of finding a reason to smile in the wake of Hurricane Sandy were not
disappointed. This segment, which exposes
the great divide between the “haves” and “have nots” (those who have power on
Manhattan and those who don’t), had us laughing out loud.
| The Daily Show with Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Hurricane Sandy's Aftermath | ||||
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It is strange and unsettling, how fast these distinctions
(haves and have nots) become a reality. When we saw The Daily Show team in action, we immediately thought about last year in
Amherst, when even people in the same community, on the same street, were divided
by access to power. Some people were out and about looking all clean and
scrubbed, buying frozen food without a second thought, and going about their
day as though nothing unusual had occurred. And then there was everyone else (that
would have been us for about four days), clothes layered without regard to
style, hair barely combed, dazed look on our faces as we searched for a shower and a power
outlet, and resenting the “power possessors” just a little (except of course
for the “power possessors” who helped us).
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