BEFORE WE DO THE MYANMAR DAILY SHOW, IT'S NICE TO GET FAMILIAR
WITH THE PLACE.
FORMALLY KNOWN AS BURMA, POPULATION OF 56 MILLION,
THE NATION THAT LOOKS LIKE A DEEP-FRIED PORK CHOP
IS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
LIKE MOST COLLEGE DORMS, MYANMAR IS 90% BUDDHIST.
THEY HAVE SO MANY BUDDHISTS THEY EVEN HAVE BUDDHIST EXTREMISTS.
YOU'RE THINKING ISN'T THAT A CONTRADICTION?
WHAT DO THEY DO?
CLAP WITH ONE HAND LOUDLY?
(LAUGHTER)
NO, SILLY, THEY WANT ALL MUSLIMS TO DIE.
>> WRATHU, THE MONKS COMPARED MUSLIMS TO MAD DOGS.
>> HIS RHETORIC IS EXTREME, BUT HIS MANTRA THAT BURMA IS FOR
BUDDHISTS IS WIDELY HELD.
>> DO MUSLIMS HAVE A PLACE HERE IN BURMA?
WE CAN'T REPEAT HIS ACTUAL RESPONSE, IT'S R-RATED, BUT
ESSENTIALLY HE SAID MUSLIMS WERE DEFECATING ON BURMA.
>> Trevor: YEAH, THAT IS U WIRATHU, A PROMIMENT
RELIGIOUS LEADER IN BURMA.
AND THAT HAS TO BE THE LEAST CHILL MONK I'VE COME ACROSS.
"OOMMMM, MY GOD I I HAD MUSLIMS SO MUCH!
MYANMAR'S CAPITAL CITY USED TO BE YANGON.
BUT THIS IS CRAZY.
IN 2006, THE GOVERNEMNT DECIDED TO BUILD A NEW CAPITAL CITY,
NAYPYIDAW.
AND THEY BUILT IT FROM SCRATCH IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE,
WHICH SOUNDS RIDICULOUS, UNTIL YOU CONSIDER THE COMMUTE.
>> THERE AREN'T MANY PLACE WHERE IS YOU COULD SAFELY STAND IN THE
MIDDLE OF A MULTI-LANE HIGHWAY.
I CAN CARRY ON WALKING 20 LANES ACROSS.
SINCE WE HAVE BEEN HERE, I THINK I CAN COUNT ON ONE HAND THE
NUMBER OF VEHICLES I'VE SEEN.
>> Trevor: WOW.
20 LANES AND NO CARS.
THAT HAS TO BE THE EASIEST LEVEL OF FROGGER EVER!
CAN YOU IMAGINE?
COME ON, YOU GOT THIS!
YEP, YEP, YEP!
WHOO!
IT'S ALWAYS THE LAST LANE, NO!
DAMN YOU!
THE LAST WEEKEND MYANMAR HAD THE FIRST FREE ELECTIONS AFTER THE
DECADE OF MILITARY REGIME WHOSE CHIEF OPPONENTS HAVE BEEN NOBLE
PEACE PRIZE WINNER AUNG SAN SUU KYI.
>> AUNG SAN SUU KYI, AFTER SPENDING TWO DECADES UNDER HOUSE
ARREST, SHE'S POISED TO LEAD HER PRO-DEMOCRACY PARTY TO VICTORY.
>> Trevor: THAT'S RIGHT. UNDER HOUSE ARREST FOR 15 YEARS.
SHE GOT TO THE END OF NETFLIX AND NOW HER SUGGESTIONS ARE, GO
OUTSIDE!
(LAUGHTER)
AND THEN IN 2010, THEY FINALLY FREED HER MAKING IT THE SECOND
BIGGEST RELEASE THAT YEAR, BEHIND KE$SHA'S ALBUM "ANIMAL.
WHICH BRINGS US TO LAST WEEK'S NATIONAL ELECTION.
SO, NOW THAT WE'RE ALL CAUGHT UP, LET'S DO IT, PEOPLE.
LET'S START THE MYANMAR DAILY SHOW
>> FROM COMEDY CENTRAL NEW'S HEADQUARTERS IN NAYPYIDAW, THIS
IS THE MYANMAR DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH!
>> Trevor: WELCOME!
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) ♪♪
WELCOME TO THE MYANMAR DAILY SHOW, I'M TREVOR NOAH!
MY GUEST TONIGHT, WHOEVER THE MILITARY TELLS ME MY GUEST IS.
FIRST, OUR NYPYIDOR THE TRAFFIC ON THE NINES.
LOOKS CLEAR NOW BUT WE HEAR BRUCE IS PLANNING TO USE LANE 17
LATER TONIGHT, SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY, PEOPLE.
TURNING TO OUR TOP STORY, OUR LAST PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION LAST
WEEK, MILLIONS OF MYANMARTIANS HEADED TO THE POLLS FOR THIS
HISTORIC VOTE AND ONE WINNER WAS IMMEDIATELY CLEAR, THE MYANMAR
CONTAINER STORE!
BOY, THEY MUST BE ROLLING IN BURMESE KYAT, WHICH AS YOU KNOW
IS OUR CURRENCY!
HA HA!
SEVERAL DAYS LATER THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION ARE COMING IN.
>> THE BALLOT COUNTING IS GRADUALLY COMING OUT.
THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WON 291 OF THE 359 DECLARED IN MYANMAR
PARLIAMENT.
>> NOW PEOPLE ARE DARING TO BELIEVE CHANGE MIGHT TRULY BE
COMING TO MYANMAR.
>> Trevor: WHAT A THRILLING VICTORY FOR THE OPPOSITION
PARTY.
BUT HOLY SHIT LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT GIANT RED CREATURE!
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT!
KILL IT NOW!
ANYWAY, THIS WAS A BIG VICTORY FOR DEMOCRACY BUT WE HERE IN
MYANMAR HAVE A WAYS TO GO.
FOR EXAMPLE THE CONSTITUTION STILL GIVES MILITARY 25% OF THE
SEATS IN PARLIAMENT NO MATTER WHAT, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS
BECAUSE FOR TRUE DEMOCRACY, THE PEOPLE --
(LAUGHTER)
FOR TRUE DEMOCRACY, THE PEOPLE NEED A STRONG GUIDING HAND
FROM THE MILITARY!
WHICH IS ALWAYS WELCOME WITHIN THE REALM OF OUR GREAT NATION!
NOW SMILE AND END THE SHOW!
(LAUGHTER)
WELL, THAT'S ALL FOR TONIGHT'S MYANMAR DAILY SHOW.
HERE IT IS, YOUR MOMENT OF ZEN!
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