‘He had a different perspective’: how Trevor Noah changed late-night satire

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‘He had a different perspective’: how Trevor Noah changed late-night satire
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The Daily Show host’s departure comes at a time when the US comedy landscape appears much less vivid

such as “the Floridian Fondler” and “Tangerine Palpatine”. And the days when Alec Baldwin’s Trump was must-see television on Saturday Night Live are long gone, though current Trump player James Austin Johnson arguably does a more authentic impression.Photograph: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty ImagesThe challenge for making fun of Biden, at least the current version of Biden, is that he doesn’t lend himself to mockery in the same way.

“The problem, though, is if Donald Trump is the equivalent of political crack cocaine, how do you end your addiction? When you look at the political humour programming since Joe Biden became president, you still see an immense focus on Trump. That is a great challenge for these shows. I’m not sure that season six of the Trump show is providing a lot of new material.”

The January 6 committee, the tax returns ... controversy can be comedic but this is too serious to be comedic., a political speechwriter and author of the humorous memoir Thanks, Obama: My Hopey Changey White House Years, said: “Because he came from apartheid South Africa and didn’t come from the United States, I think he saw Trump as less anomalous than many Americans did.

He added: “That gave him a different perspective – not better or worse – just different from a lot of other late night hosts during the four years Trump was in office and then also during the last two when Trumpism has been a defining force in American politics, even if Trump himself is not in the White House.”

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