Thats right. Im your host larry wilmore. Welcome to the the nightly show. Before we start, theres a storm thats hit new york city. So god bless you guys for coming in. Unbelievable. cheers and applause i appreciate it. I dont know how youre going to get home. Look outside our studio right now. I saw this outside on the sudden river ten minutes ago. Not making this up. Thats my ride home. My ubear. Now, theres not only a storm here in new york city. This was another storm gathering at the box office this weekend. American sniper is really hitting its mark. The blockbuster details the life of Legendary Navy seal chris kyle. The deadliest sniper in u. S. History. Hes played by Bradley Cooper. You got a grenade, handing it to the kid. Now number one for the second weekend in a row already bringing in more than 200 million in the u. S. Larry 200 million . Man thats the cost of, like, 40 seconds of the actual iraq war. applause so american sniper is already the biggest january release ever and is on pace to beat passion of the christ as the number one rrated movie of all time. Its official. Bradley cooper is the new rrated jesus. cheers and applause hallelujah chorus music hallelujah hallelujah larry so why is this movie striking such a chord with people . Maybe people just love a good war hero. Most of the conversation about iraq is negative, and most of the conversation about what happened with our country in iraq is negative. This is a positive portrayal. This is a film with an american hero. Larry and hollywood is taking notice. Columbia pictures is rebooting black hawk down as a musical called black hawk up laughter applause ive heard Neil Patrick Harris crushes it. Whatever it is, american sniper has been a virtual i. E. D of emotions since its release. This film has become a political football faster than you could say Michael Moore. Michael moore who reports his uncles were killed by snipers in world war ii said we were taught snipers were cowards. Will shoot you in the back. Snipers arent heros. Larry a lot of people are upset at Michael Moore for throwing shade at snipers but in all fairness, at the throws shade on everything in his immediate vicinity. applause some call him a hatefilled hero, some hatefilled killer and some call him a hero. Shenaz id like to get your perspective. Shenaz well, larry, its very difficult for me to be impartiality about this 13year conflict. On the one hand, you have the soldier chris kyle and the brutal killings that he was ordered to do. And on the other hand, you have Bradley Cooper. Have you seen his eyes . Its like looking into the ocean larry im not so sure thats the other hand. Shenaz then forget his hands, larry. Have you seen his shoulders . Bcoop added 40 pounds of sexy to play this role. Larry all right, shenaz. Lets focus on chris kyle. Some people thought by some of the comments he made that he might have been a jerk. I mean, the movie opened with him shooting a child. That was very sad. Shenaz yes, that is very sad. And i could see Bradley Cooper struggling with that decision. I mean, larry, his work as an actor was amazing. It was nothing short of heroic. He grew a beard. Give the man an oscar larry shenaz, people arent questioning whether Bradley Coopers performance was heroic. Theyre questioning whether chris kyle was heroic. Shenaz larry, why do you keep bringing up this chris kyle . War is hell. I get it but if im plunking down 19. 75 at the multiplex, momma needs to see some abs larry all right, i get it. Shenaz treasury, everybody cheers and applause i guess i just dont take movies that seriously. If i did, id leave that every if i did, id believe that every time i got on a plane there would be some bleep snakes. Which i do. But that serves me right for flying spirit. applause but i get it movies can have a powerful effect on how people feel. With world war ii, movies like saving private ryan solidified our feelings about those vets theyre heroes. Theres no moral ambiguity. Matt damon was worth saving, tom hanks wasnt. Simple. But vietnam movies took that clear heroism away from our veterans, whether they were white men, black men or white men playing black men. laughter i still aint right with that one. laughter the cold war classic top gun taught us that we immediate to taught us we need to take care of our vets because some offour soldiers age well and some dont. Looks like the ice man became the ice cream man. laughter and the lessons of the first gulf war still echo in my ears when i recall the timeless stirring dialogue of major payne, who said, and i quote, maybe what he need is for you to pop your titty out his mouth and let the boy grow up. Unquote. cheers and applause ooh. That still gets to me. I guess what im trying to say is, nobody thinks the first gulf war was significant enough to make any good movies about it. For all the conversation this film has stirred up, one thing many people seem to be forgetting about american sniper is that its just one interpretation of one soldiers story. Whether youre proamerican sniper or against american sniper, both sides need to remember the actual theater of war is very different than watching a film about war in a theater. But if theres one thing we can all agree on even the terrorists its that Bradley Coopers got some ridiculous abs. Well be right back. Its the family plan families are flocking to. Now at tmobile, get 4 lines for just a 100. With unlimited talk, text, and up to 10gb of 4g lte data, plus devices like the galaxy note 4 for 0 down. Well even buy out your Family Service contracts. So switch to tmobile and get 4 lines for a 100 today. At kraft we start with Quality Ingredients all expertly blended to make our mayo. So you can take whatever youre making from good to amazing. richard america, last year, we did not get you your billion back. We got you your billions back so many billions, we started thinking this isnt tax season. This is refund season and nobody gets more of your money back than block guaranteed. Get your billions back america female vo i actually have a whole lot of unused vacation days, but where am i gonna go . I just dont have the money to travel right now. I usually just go back home to see my parents so i cant exactly go globetrotting. If i had friends to go with id go but i dont want to travel by myself. Someday. Male vo there are no more excuses. Find the hotel you want, and the flight you want, and well find the savings to get you there. Larry welcome back to the show joining our panel tonight is Rolling Stone journalist matt taibbi, founder and c. E. O. Of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america journalist paul rieckhoff, comedienne sabrina jalees, and former special ops sniper and author of the reaper, nick irving. cheers and applause thank you. Appreciate it. Its amazing a movie like this will make 200 million. Why do you think that . Its a great movie. Its communicating what we as veterans havent been able to communicate for a decade. There are a lot of pieces to pull apart but at the end of the day its powerful. The Veterans Community is behind it. It feels authentic and real and its entertaining. That has america talking. Larry you feel its that simple level, its just that we want to feel good about iraq . America is not that interested in iraq or Veterans Issues. We had a v. A. Scandal and nobody gave a bleep but now everyone is focused. Ill take that. We need to find connections and this film does that. Larry if it gives attention to veterans thats good. Right. Larry were your criticisms that you felt the movie was inaccurate or the portrayal of the war was inaccurate and it made a lot of money . Look, it doesnt have to be a document ri, but, i think, you know, the fact that they left out the part that we invaded the wrong country. I think that was an important plot element. A tiny little omission . Yeah. Look, obviously, it completely changes the entire complexion of the story if you leave out the context of the mission. Thats all i was wanting to say. I didnt want to disparage veterans or the military but i felt like it left out important historical detail. Larry i know exactly what youre talking about but to me it made me feel that okay thats what made that guy go. Nick did you think its hard for us to be able to relate to veterans and people who are actually in war . I dont think anybody will ever be able to relate unless you have been there and seen your best friend get shot in the face. I dont think you can relate to that. You cant put that on camera or film and ive seen it quite often. Larry youre a sniper. Mmhmm. Larry you have the most unrelatable sniper president , late night talk show host laughter those are the most unrelatable things. Why do you think it is so unrelatable . Our skill set, our job is hard to put in words. Were sent out there to kill people. Thats our sole purpose in life. Larry man no but when you say that its heavy. Larry it is heavy, right . I dont look at the aspect behind it as far as, you know im going to kill this guy. Hes nothing but a target at that point and if i can prevent one of my friends from dying right im going to put one through you. Larry is it looking at how this has made, in a sense . As a movie goer, do you not care about being able to relate . I thought it was cool to show what it was like to come home from war. The female lead in it was kind of one dimensional. It was the same thing over and over again. Like, dont go to war dont go to war dont go to war im, like, this is the best shooter in the world hes got to go to war shes like a broken record. Larry yeah, i thought phil was supposed to direct the movie and it would have been different. But its Clint Eastwood film a black and white view of the world, chris kyles view of the war was george bushs and its not mine and not everyone elses you like that perspective. I like that perspective to be told because its part of the larger story. If it gets millions of people to understand what weve gone through, well take it. Larry nick, how much of an issue go ahead if you want to clap. applause thank you. Larry how much of an issue is the ptsd part of it . I think its a big issue. My last deployment, in four months, i killed 33 guys as a sniper. Larry 33. Yeah. The bodies didnt matter im not larry youre not assessing any threats now . No, im a nice guy. laughter i dont have any regrets about killing anyone. I regret not being able to save the guy who saved my life. Larry thats what they say in the movie. Benjamin was 21 years old, saved my life and i watched him take one five minutes later. Larry do you have to compartmentalize that . I was taken by how if you dont compartmentalize that you will be bleep on a much faster road. Because part of you has to be messed up anyway not saying youre missed up but you have to be kind of a dick. No, no, when i got out, the ptsd thing was real and was there. I would wake up at 6 00 a. M. And drink till 4 00 p. M. I dont remember Drinking Water for two years, just alcohol, to try to forget. Larry matt, do you think these movies makes it harder or easier to know what theyre going through . It helps. The movie certainly showed he had a struggle. It wasnt as overt as you would have thought, but i think it did definitely address some of that in the movie. The coming home part is very powerful. I had a lot of civilians say to me, now i can start towns what you went through. Nobody ever asks us how many people we saved. Its not the complete story, buts a very complex thing that hollywood will never encapsulate. But were here on a comedy show talking about the war again and Veterans Issues and we hope that discussion will continue. Larry do you think a different war would have made a lot of difference . People have particular issues about this war. Its hard for us to compartmentalize sometimes. Do you think thats a big problem . Maybe. I think the reason why we went to iraq, i didnt care, i signed up in 2004. Larry why did you sign up . I saw the twin towers fall and a few lairts i was in afghanistan, so i deployed multiple times to each, three times to iraq, two times to afghanistan, Something Like that. applause larry well, do you want to say one last thing . Yeah, now that theyre alapplauding, i just want wanted to also add no. laughter i think you guys do an amazing job. My father is pakistani, and i grew up with him in canada looking at the tv going, oh these bleep . And my father in law served over two decades. In getting to know him its not a caricature the gun slingers versus the other people. The movie was a little bit like duck hunt but instead of ducks, it was iraqis. You know what i mean . Yeah. Im sure, being in the war you guys must have met tons of people that were nice that wanted peace. But you shouldnt get your full perspective on iraq in a twohour movie. Read a book. Come hang out with us. Were not that bad. If youre drinking at 6 00 a. M. , i will hang out with you. Exactly. Exactly. applause larry we may not be able to agree in this movie but we can all agree drinking at 6 00 a. M. Isnt always a bad thing. Okay . Well be right back with keep it 100 cheers and applause applause this is your new wallet. No. Really. You can now use your capital one card with apple pay to buy this that. 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Nick, as a sniper, do you think Lee Harvey Oswalt did it . I dont think he was by himself. applause larry theres no way im arguing with a sniper. Would you go to a shooting range with a vet with ptsd . Absolutely. applause would you come with me . Larry if you asked. Okay. Larry sabrina, i think its well known youre canadian and a lesbian. Why are you outing me in front of all these people . Larry its an epic combo platter. It really is. Larry imagine there are two terrorists. One is about to blow up a roomful of canadians and the other is about to blow up a roomful of lesbians whoo larry hold on youre a sniper and you only have one bullet, which terrorist do you take out . Oh, my goodness larry keep it 100. You know im still making money in canada, so im going to have to say im saving canada. Larry what . Saving canada . Im already married. Larry she kept it 100 thats our keep it 100 well be back with more cheers and applause hey, mr. Smith. Want to try out my time machine . 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Remember, i dont get a chance to see this question up till right now. Okay. Give me the question. Tonights question comes from whitefoil. If you knew it would guarantee massive success of your show would you do a tour in afghanistan as a soldier . Well, i would do a tour as a soldier whether or not it has to do with my show or not. There you go. Im keeping it 100. applause tomorrow night, well be talking about vaccines. Keep it 100. Until then goodnight, everybody cheers and applause from Comedy Centrals world news headquarters in new york, this is the daily show with jon stewart. cheers and applause captioning sponsored by Comedy Central jon welcome to the daily show. My name is jon stewart our guest tonight oh, man is this fella talented, incredibly talented fella oscar isaac, from the film a most violent year, is going to be here, but first applause thats for all the young kuwaiti kids who might be watching. cheers and applause thats all natural right there