The South African standup has come under fire for offensive tweets, but as fellow comedian Liam Williams explains, the pressure to tweet often leads to disasterIn a sequence of events which may confound the mythographers of the distant future, comedian Trevor Noah became a new iteration of an old archetype this week. But the contemporary Noah’s predicament bears more resemblance to that of the prophet Jeremiah than to his namesake’s. The future prospects of the South African stand-up seem suddenly compromised, just as they were for Jeremiah and his people, by past actions. The 31-year-old funnyman may soon come to suffice as a specific sort of exemplar for our times where biblical figures, Greek tragic heroes and Arthur Miller protagonists no longer do – because those lucky lads weren’t on Twitter. Related: Did Trevor Noah and Lena Dunham’s jokes offend Jewish people? It depends “So she gets fat? RT @missdanibagel: When a woman is loved correctly, she becomes 10 times the woman she was before”“South Africans know how to recycle like israel knows how to be peaceful.” Related: Trevor Noah – from Soweto to The Daily Show Twitter does bad things to people, especially comediansSome people really make Twitter into an art form, but Noah isn’t one of them Continue reading...
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