-A Shakespeare in the Park production of "Julius Caesar"
in which Caesar resembled President Trump
wrapped up its run this Sunday.
Conservatives around the country were up in arms about it.
And last week, multiple performances were interrupted
by protesters who rushed the stage,
including one who said they did it to,
"Protect the president's life,"
which brings us to a segment we call
"Really!?! With Seth and Amy."
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-Thank you.
Really?
Really, protester? Now, let me get this right.
You waited in line
to get tickets to a play you already hated,
and then you watched it for three hours
and then you ran onstage to protest
but not the president,
but someone who was dressed like the president
from getting pretend stabbed with a fake knife?
Really!? -Really?
-I commend you.
You know, if you want to change this country,
you just can't sit around your house yelling at the TV.
You have to get out there and yell at a play.
Really?!
You know what?
You've made actors so upset
that Daniel Day Lewis has quit now!
[ Laughter ]
You made Lincoln quit!
-Really? -Yes!
Lincoln was a Republican, Seth. A lot of people don't know that.
-Really? -Yeah, really.
-And really, if this portrayal
was offensive to anyone, it's Caesar.
Caesar was beloved by the Roman Empire.
To put it another way, he won the popular vote.
He was so popular,
we don't use his name for pizza, we use it for pizza pizza.
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-The only thing Caesar and Trump have in common
is they both have casinos named after them.
And really, you could tell that Caesar wasn't really Trump
because the Senate stabbed him
instead of just passing his [bleep] health care bill.
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-Also, protesters, this is New York City.
If you want to interrupt a play, bring your grandpa
and let him unwrap a Werther's candy for two hours.
-Really. -Because all you did
by running onstage was make
a Shakespeare production entertaining for once.
Really! -Really.
-When you pulled your stunt,
that audience was definitely buzzed on rose
and this close to passing out.
All you did was give them an anecdote to tell
at their fancy liberal cocktail parties.
"You know, I was, um,
at the 'Caesar' that was interrupted."
-Really? -Really.
-Oh!
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-Yeah, it was amazing. It was so strange.
-Also, side really -- Shakespeare in the Park,
I don't think it was offensive to have a Donald Trump Caesar,
but it was a little hacky.
I mean, really, if you want to the see
a Shakespearean drama based on Trump,
just watch CNN.
Now, if you wanted to do "Of Mice and Men"
with Pence as George and Trump as Lenny,
I would pay to see that.
[ As Trump ] Tell me about the rabbits, Mike.
I hear they're the best rabbits.
[ Normal voice ] Really.
Also -- and this is really important --
free speech isn't about just protecting speech you like,
so if you think it's terrible to interrupt "Julius Caesar,"
you have to think it's terrible to interrupt Ann Coulter
even if you think she's terrible.
-And she really is! -Really!
And sure, you can make the argument
that she's not Shakespeare.
But if you shut her down, you give her power.
And if you let her talk, you'll find
she's much ado about nothing.
Really. -Yes. Really!
That's true, Seth. I mean, she gets to speak, too.
Liberals cannot be hypocrites when it comes to free speech.
Neither can conservatives.
So, you know, don't whine about this.
Be okay with it when Ted Nugent says,
"President Obama can suck my machine gun."
And using my free speech, I'd like to say,
you suck, Ted Nugent.
Your songs suck.
And "Cat Scratch Fever" is such a dumb-ass, stupid song,
you dip[bleep]
-Really. -Really.
-Really. -So dumb.
Your music stinks!
-Also, this is great.
A conservative pundit tweeted that he was going to hold
a production of "The Salem Witch Trials"
where Hillary was burned at the stake.
Cool, cool, except there is no play
called "The Salem Witch Trials."
You're thinking of "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller,
a play he wrote as an allegory about McCarthyism.
There. Now you have three things to Google.
-Also, guess what, bro?
You can't burn Hillary at the stake.
She's already been burned twice --
2008 and 2016.
My bitch is Teflon now!
Really! -Really!
-Really! -Really!
-This has been "Really!?! With Seth and Amy."
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