This is an absolutely fun segment by Trevor Noah (he gets pretty close to the average Indian accent without sounding like Apu from ‘The Simpsons’), heir to the always-amazing Jon Stewart on ‘The Daily Show‘. Sad to see Stewart go — end of an era and all that. But, thrilled to see what Noah is going to bring to the show as it’s bound to be a unique and different sensibility while keeping with Stewart’s ethos, in a way — as evident from this clip (and many others floating about the interwebs). Enjoy.
Jenny Bhatt is a writer, literary translator, and literary critic. She is a Contributing Editor (Books) at PopMatters. Her literary translation of Dhumketu's (Gujarati writer) short stories will be out in 2019. She is currently querying for her own short story collection. Her writing has appeared in or is forthcoming in various respectable journals in the US, UK, and India, including The Atlantic, BBC Culture, Literary Hub, Longreads, The Millions, Scroll.in, PopMatters, and others. Her fiction has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes and the 2017 Best American Short Stories. She was a finalist for the 2017 Best of the Net Anthology. Having lived and worked her way around India, England, Germany, Scotland, and various parts of the US, she now splits her time between Atlanta, Georgia, USA and Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Find her at: https://indiatopia.com/about-2/.
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2 thoughts on “Comedian Trevor Noah on Colonization”
When Trevor Noah is good he is truly excellent – I was never sure how he would export because in SA his content was so local, but he seems to have made the transition to global smoothly. This piece had me laughing out loud, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for stopping by, Audrey. I must admit that I did not know of Noah till I read, a while ago, about him taking over from Stewart. From the little that I’ve managed to see of him in clips here and there, it does look like he’s going to handle it well, though those are big shoes to fill, of course.
When Trevor Noah is good he is truly excellent – I was never sure how he would export because in SA his content was so local, but he seems to have made the transition to global smoothly. This piece had me laughing out loud, thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for stopping by, Audrey. I must admit that I did not know of Noah till I read, a while ago, about him taking over from Stewart. From the little that I’ve managed to see of him in clips here and there, it does look like he’s going to handle it well, though those are big shoes to fill, of course.
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