rogen and liz winstead on politics and humor. this event took place before mr.ogan ended his public appearances and before sony pictures canceled his release of the film, the interview. mr. rogan briefly discusses why he made the movie. it is part of a broader discussion on how comedians and filmmakers use comedy to address political issues. the harvard institute of politics posted this event. a note to our viewers, this program contains language that some may find offensive. this is about one hour and 10 minutes. [applause] >> hello, everyone. i am maggie williams. welcome to the john f. kennedy junior forum in the institute of politics. our mission is to inspire students towards careers in politics and public service, but we have some laughs along the way. over the years, this form has hosted chevy chase, john stewart, stephen colbert, al franken, and i hope you will as much asdiscussion you have enjoyed the others. leading our conversation tonight is a young woman who knows a , namedr two about humor this past january as the first african-american woman presi

please welcome liz winstead.] seth rogen is an actor, emmy nominated writer, comedian, filmmaker. he has appeared in a number of block busters. he is also a canadian. "pineapple express." seth has been an ardent supporter of marijuana legalization, gay rights, and alzheimer's awareness, testifying to congress about the importance of research. please give it up for seth rogen. [applause] ok, i'm going to ask them a couple of open-ended questions and we will watch a couple of video clips and then we will move on to q&a. i will start with liz. you started as a standup comedian and then went on to write. and perform. some 80% of millennials watch the daily show. that is a crazy percentage. can you describe how you came to create the show and what your original vision was for the show? >> oh, boy. the short of it was i thought i would be a standup forever. i was on the road and making a living doing standup. i was fine about it. i was kind of a hack. dopey jokes like great dane should have to wear underwear in public.

please welcome liz winstead. [applause] seth rogen as an actor, him he nominated writer, comedian, filmmaker. he has appeared in a number of block busters. he is also a canadian. seth has been an ardent supporter of marijuana legalization, gay rights, and alzheimer's awareness, testifying to congress about the importance of research. please give it up for seth rogen. [applause] ok, i'm going to ask them a couple of open-ended questions and we will watch a couple of video clips and then we will move on to q&a. i will start with liz. you started as a standup comedian and then went on to write. some 80% of millennial's watch the daily show. that is a crazy percentage. can you describe how you came to create the show and what your original vision was for the show? >> oh, boy. the short of it was i thought i would be a standup forever. i was on the road and making a living doing standup. i was fine about it. i was kind of a hack. dopey jokes like great dane should have to wear underwear in public. really, it is so emb

night at 9:30 p.m., actors seth rogen discussing politics and humor with the daily show cocreator liz winstead at the harvard institute of politics. q&a, katie-span's pavlik on what she perceives as the hypocrisy of liberals with their war on women rhetoric. on c-span2, saturday night, -- students should think creatively, and have a goal in life beyond the material. and sunday morning, book tv visits lot that -- visits our literary tw sites. and saturday at 6:00 p.m. damien shields talks about the life of irish american soldier patrick labor and -- and the battle of franklin, tennessee. investigative piece by san francisco's k aro in -- kron in neighboring oakland. find the schedule on c-span.org. us, or send us a tweet @cspan #comments. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. conference,and news president obama discusses cuban policy, the cyber attack on sony pictures, working with incoming republican congress and using presidential executive orders. this is just under an hour. >> hello, everybody. we have a full house today. all i want for christmas is to take your questions. [laughter] i

liz winstead and joining us is janet. let's talk about bill cosby.hink for most this was the most jarring allegations. >> i think it's so interesting, when he was coming to prominence, social media was not there to rebutt that image. now we have a whole new world where a comedian like hannibal burress can call youous and then he can have consensus about rape culture, believing victims. >> liz within the comedy community, was this an underlying -- something people kind of knew an open secret and how have people in the world, in the comedy world, how have they reacted to it? >> it has been one of the worst kept secrets around but it was one of those things where we all looked ought ourselves and said, it is the most unbelievable place to put any of these women. you are a writer. you are a person in the industry. you're invited by bill cosby. for to you come forward and say, america's favorite dad raped me would be next to impossible. i think it's a very good lesson for everyone to see what happens and how hard it is for somebody who's a rape survivor t

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