re: Is Trevor Noah considered funny?

This about sums it up....

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But on the other side of the coin here is the Daily Show crowd. An equally insufferable internet gang. It began with John Stewart and now its carried to Trevor Noah and John Oliver – whatever a Daily Show host says is automatically Evisceration and Destruction. Its like Thoughts and Prayers. Eviscerate and Destroy get tossed around like its going out of style. Now, John Stewart is a legendary comedian. And he will go down in TV history for what he did with The Daily Show. There were plenty of times he gave a monologue or did an interview where he really did take someone down who deserved it. But now its like the ultimate knee jerk reaction to just say a person or a topic were torn to shreds. It doesnt even have to be funny or poignant anymore. I mean “You dont see color? What do you do at a traffic light?”

The crowd goes nuts and the internet sends it viral!

Folks that joke fricking sucks. It doesnt even really make sense. There’s a million statements you can make like that about color. “You dont see color?? How do you know that your socks are matching in the morning???” “You dont see color?? How do you pass the test at the eye doctor??” The Daily Show crowd was going to OOOOH and AHHHHH over whatever the punchline was to that joke. Its just what they do. They automatically laugh and they automatically decide that the person who’s the subject of the satire or the joke is an idiot getting roasted. When Tomi Lahren said “What did the KKK do?” she was asking a rhetorical question (albeit a stupid one) to make a point. Trevor Noah takes her question seriously as if shes actually asking the question and the Daily Show crowd yucks it up like its some sort of satirical genius. Its just lazy. Not that funny and doesnt warrant the dramatic reaction it always gets. I’m sure Trevor Noah is a really capable and funny comedian and the Daily Show writers are still all talented people but its just the same sort of “take downs” and lazy shite with the same reaction from the crowd every time.

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The show has really just gotten flat out lazy and is perfectly comfortable with tossing out plenty of red meat to appease its young liberal audience that believes all of the right are narrow minded racists. "hey here's a segment with a small town preacher that believes gay marriage is evil...ISN'T HE STUPID? HA HA"

Stewart was definitely liberal, but I think he took his viewing audience seriously and wanted to somewhat make his viewer a more informed person or at least as best he could for a comedy show. Noah and co. are content pandering to the angry liberal.