Watch: Hillary Clinton Appears in 'Daily Show' Segment 'Song for Women 2017'
In "The Yearly Show 2017," an end-of-year special presented by The Daily Show, correspondents Dulcé Sloan and Desi Lydic recapped the year for women in a song— with a special appearance from Hillary Clinton.
"Song for Women 2017 (feat. DJ Mansplain)" aired on Monday night, covering events such as the release of Wonder Woman and the Women's March while also making critiques on the not-so-great occasions.
"When I heard that we were going to do a year-end special I was like, we have to do a song," Lydic said at the opening of the song segment. Sloan then clarified that it was she who first suggested a year-end song.
"I've been singing my whole life," Lydic said, as she tried to teach Sloan to be a better vocalist, despite the latter having outstanding singing skills. Lydic's singing, on the other hand, caused a producer to drastically turn up the autotune in all of her parts.
"This is going to be a powerful song for women," Sloan said in the video. Lydic followed up with "And black women," to which Sloan, a black woman, reacted with confusion and displeasure while the audience laughed.
This can be seen as a commentary on white feminism, a term that refers to a women's movement that disregards the unique plight of women of color.
Critiques of white feminism surfaced in the days surrounding Women's March on Washington in January. A black blogger named ShiShi Rose wrote a post on Instagram in December 2016 telling white allies that "now is the time for you to be listening more, talking less." The meaning of the march did ignite contentious conversations surrounding race.
The Daily Show included a male character under the name of "DJ Mansplain" as a reference to "mansplaining," which is defined as "(of a man) to comment on or explain something to a woman in a condescending, overconfident, and often inaccurate or oversimplified manner."
DJ Mansplain's verse mimicked controversial reactions to sexual assault and harassment allegations, stating "But maybe you asked for it/It's kind of on you/We men are dumb/We can't control what we do."
After expressing their annoyance with DJ Mansplain, Sloan and Lydic invited Clinton to "take us home." The skit ended with a grand finale of Clinton appearing in the recording studio and lip syncing to some impressive notes while Sloan and Lydic finished the song.
The special took place at the Gramercy Theatre in New York, and reflected on the turbulent year, AV Club reported Tuesday. The special involved skits and routines from correspondents such as Hasan Minhaj, whose Netflix special Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King debuted this May, gaining an 88-percent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.