In a classic Moore move, the “interview” takes place in the back of a rusted van. Across from Bee sits a man in a cheap Trump wig and a woman wearing a referee shirt. They are not actors; they are Moore’s regular collaborators—non-professionals who deliver lines with the flat, bemused affect of people who just wandered onto a film set.
She drops her microphone. It squeals. The mascot high-fives her. Fade to black. samantha bee from a rodney moore film
Bee pauses. She looks into the lens. For a moment, her expression is pure exhaustion—the exhaustion of every political comedian who has tried to make sense of an absurd world. Then she smirks. In a classic Moore move, the “interview” takes