John Oliver Takes on Guardianship Abuse

For anyone unfamiliar with the show, HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” features in-depth, dark – and often viciously humorous takes on important news. The last show shared the often dark and abusive sides of guardianship in the USA:

This video is captioned. Three things about the captioning:

1. The captioning is mostly accurate;
2. John Oliver is a very fast talker – as a consequence, the captioning sometimes flies by quickly;
3. For some reason, every expletive spoken is deleted from the captioning.

I recommend watching it and sharing it. While you’ll laugh in places, it’s a serious take on a serious topic – the rampant exploitation of people who lose their rights to control their own lives.