(March 30, 2015 at 9:27 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Comedy Central announced the successor to Jon Stewart today.
It will be Trevor Noah, the biracial South African comedian that has made a couple of appearances on the show already. I haven't been impressed with his stuff on the show so far, but his standup is awesome.
I'm not sure what to think. The few times he's been on TDS I haven't found his bits to be that incredible and thought that his delivery was hard to read - was he trying to be funny? Was he trying to convey a serious point? Is his delivery normally so deadpanned?
On the one hand I can see not choosing a new host from among the current correspondents as it'll stir up a shit storm among fans about why their favorite wasn't chosen, on the other hand, I have reservations that Trevor Noah is the right one for the job.
A couple articles popped up in my fb newsfeed:
Trevor Noah Has a Problem With Atheists, Especially Christopher Hitchens
http://thedailybanter.com/2015/03/trevor...t-problem/
And a follow up about CC standing behind him
Comedy Central Stands Behind Trevor Noah, New ‘Daily Show’ Host, Amid Scrutiny
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/01/arts/t....html?_r=0
The second article puts and interesting spin on the first by sharing one of TN's tweet's:
Quote:To reduce my views to a handful of jokes that didn’t land is not a true reflection of my character, nor my evolution as a comedian.
but which also continues to make me confused about his delivery as a comedian. Were the tweets in the other article meant to be jokes? Is he trolling? He just... confuses me.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
