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Last week, the Internet got its first look at the movie remake
of anime favorite Ghost in the Shell, which is really awesome,
and you should watch the original if you haven't seen it.
People can't stop talking about the casting
for this new movie.
The roll of ***-kicking Japanese cyborg
Major Motoko Kusanagi will be played
by notable Japanese actress, Scarlett Johansson.
(laughter)
-Look how Japanese she is not. -(laughter)
Now, maybe the movie will be good.
I don't know. I haven't seen it yet.
But why did they do this?
Did the studio misread Scarlett Johansson's
-last name as Johan-san? -(laughter)
Like, I don't know how they made this mistake.
Between this, Emma Stone in Aloha,
and Natalie Dormer in The Forest,
we almost have enough actresses
to do an all-white-female Seven Samurai reboot,
so let's really get behind this, guys.
Come on. It's time.
(applause and cheering)
So, since apparently,
studios will cast just whomever--
parenthesis, white people-- as whatever,
comedians, what's another controversial casting choice?
Anna.
-Kevin James as Godzilla. -(laughter)
(applause and cheering)
Yup. Points.
-Ben. -Kylie Jenner as someone with human lips.
HARDWICK: All right, points.
(applause and cheering)
-Flula. -Donald Trump as the president of the United States.
-HARDWICK: Oh, don't go... -AKANA: Oh!
Okay. Okay.
-Okay. Points. -Is this...?
-HARDWICK: Yeah. -Wait. Is this fiction or non-fiction?
-Is it fic...? -HARDWICK: It's actually...
It wa fiction.
It's slowly becoming non-fiction.
-AKANA: I know. -BORG: That is very scary.
-HARDWICK: It's turning. -Oh, it's a new...
HARDWICK: Everyone thought it would be fiction,
and now it doesn't seem...
We don't (bleep) know what's gonna happen anymore.
GLEIB: Trump probably thinks he can be in this movie.
(imitating Trump): I'd be a great Asian girl.
HARDWICK: Yeah, I could be an Asian girl.
What's wrong?! I've been evicting ghosts
-from shells for years! -(laughter)