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WHY YOU SHOULD CARE

Because it’s time you caught up with globe-trotting funnyman Trevor Noah.

By Andreas Hale

January 1, 2016

This OZY encore originally published Mar. 26, 2015. 

It takes a special kind of international comedian to connect with audiences in
the United States because, like the use of the English language and soccer, some
things are universal everywhere but the good ol’ U.S.A. Sure, you have the likes
of Russell Peters and Jim Jefferies, who have seen their brand of comedy
successfully assimilate into American culture. But for the most part, Americans
like their comedians to be as American as possible. You know, so they can
understand them.

And so along comes Trevor Noah, a South African comedian who offers a unique
blend of “smart” comedy. The 31-year-old makes the most of his particular
perspective: He’s African but not African-American, making his views on
everything from stateside hip-hop to understanding the American use of the word
“napkin” (which means a diaper in the U.K.) both hilarious and refreshing. He’s
an African of mixed descent (South African and Swiss), which informs his
assessment of race relations and what it’s like to be viewed as a black man in
other countries.

> He has to be just snarky enough to satisfy non-U.S. audiences by skewering
> American obliviousness …

Take, for instance, this highbrow look at American sports from an African
perspective. For Americans, an obsession with ESPN’s 24-hour cycle of
stats-centric sports broadcasting is commonplace. For Noah, however, it’s just a
bit ridiculous. “Americans love their sports back to front,” he says as he
begins his routine. “You analyze them, you worship them. You watch the game
before the game; the game after the game.”

Noah goes on to emulate a sports broadcast, stacking numbers and percentages in
a faux-broadcaster voice that’s spot on with how Skip Bayless and Stephen A.
Smith toss nonsensical stats at one another on ESPN’s First Take.





Sure, that’s funny — but then comes the smart part of Noah’s act. He has to be
just snarky enough to satisfy non-U.S. audiences by skewering American
obliviousness, but poignant enough to have American audiences laughing at
themselves. After rattling off sports stats like they clearly explain every
moment of action on the field, Noah changes the channel to a business broadcast,
expecting some hard numbers on the state of the economy. And that’s when he
drops into his most nonchalantly clueless American dialect: “Well, nobody
knows!”

Noah landed a gig as a senior international correspondent on The Daily Show back
in December, yet he remains relatively new to American audiences. But judging by
the 1.98 million followers he has on Twitter, he’s doing just fine with or
without us. If you want to get familiar while merrily accepting your late pass,
watch his stand-up special, specifically catered to American audiences and
appropriately titled African American, currently streaming on Netflix, Amazon
and Google Play.

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