Trevor Noah: One-Man Show in a Divided Country | Breaking Big | OZY

20:15 After 70 years of the iconic host of The Daily Show, comedian Jon Stewart surprised everyone and announced that he would leave the position, it is time for someone else to have that opportunity and, to take his place, he appointed a successor to the that no one saw the healing coming. South Africa Trevor Dole was an up-and-coming outsider comedian. The one-of-a-kind boys found the courage to carry on Jon Stewart's legacy and managed to forge their own path to break down what makes people successful. What are the unexpected turns and the light they drive? people to greatness I am Carlos Watson, editor of ossie.

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Some people would say it was the most coveted job in television comedy, hands down, in the US when I came in. TV for a reason. I remember when I started the TV show watching how John affected the world for fear of failing and not taking enough time to enjoy the fact that he was hosting The Daily Show. One of the best things that happened was there's a comedian, that's all the people I talked to before the concert started, step me aside, a Vincey, sit down, I'm going to give you some advice, I don't even know you, But I'm going to give you some advice, don't forget to enjoy. don't forget to enjoy being unknown, don't forget to enjoy being and you come and don't forget to enjoy people who doubt you because you won't get it back comedy getting in was a process it was me watching comedy shows in South Africa telling jokes to friends and family.

Was anyone else around you funny? my life I wish I could give people the advice that you guys are a great couple, they take it for granted. Trevor was born in Soweto township in 1984 and after his father moved to Switzerland, he was raised by his mother, where Trevor's bravery and ability to work hard certainly come from the his mother. I know his mother. I've seen it several times and I definitely see that too. I was born in South Africa during a time known as apartheid. Apartheid was a system. of laws in the

country

designed to oppress people of color my mother is a black woman also a woman from South Africa my Swiss father from Switzerland and they came together during this time that it was illegal, they had me I, in essence, was born a crime but I didn't know that I had no freedom.

My mother gave me books since I was little. My mother loved learning languages. So I grew up speaking several languages. I grew up on dirt soil, but I didn't think it was. poor thing, you would look back, you would say you were happy, did you ever help? You are happy, you grow up and you begin to fundamentally understand what your role is in the society growing up in South Africa during apartheid, you certainly benefit from the increased sensitivity and empathy. For both sides you see that coming out you know their comedy can not only be a lot of fun but it's also something that people can grow and learn from, just like when you're a kid you start to see how you can make up for the things you don't do.

You don't have, maybe you don't have the money that other kids have, maybe you don't have the skills in sports, but what you do have is the ability to make people leave. In 2006, at the age of 22, Trevor really started doing stand-up, it became clear. that finding humor in the story of his own life would be his best tool. I'm almost special. She said, yeah, I'm going to run away and then my dad, well, you know how the Swiss know their chocolate, so you know, that's it. Did your comedy career take off? At first they encouraged you?

She thought I was selling drugs. Her job description just didn't make sense to her. She would go, so you go at night and then you don't work during the day. You never work and then you only have money and what do you say? You just talk to people and she asked me and said, do you sell drugs as much as outside drugs? I'm telling jokes and she's like, how many people would pay for that? that, but blacks never get a break, you never realize you'll say things and then they'll fix it, you'll say, yeah, just when I realized it was better for us to be part of the management, no, no, taboo management .

The first time I met him was after he went on stage at a comedy club called Cool Runnings in Johannesburg, really cheap to get cheap beer when you walk in and you had to do new material, only new material that didn't fart, it put you off . suggesting things people were like that can't be new material you say because they're so good someone came fishing like they say it's a planned stunt this way you might have read that person saying did you just do that? up, down, for the first time, there's no money involved, kind of like comedy sharks, but the comedian, once they got over that idea, we were quick to hug me and say, hey, you should go to this place, you should do comedy here. he has some contacts, he was a very inclusive teenager because of how small he was, when I started touring in South Africa and then I met the southern African countries, Namibia and Zambia, and I am very familiar with our culture and everything that resonates with me as a person, so that gives me an advantage and I speak many of the languages ​​that I have endured and the comedy and the skill that I have.

I mean, in South Africa we have 11 official languages ​​and we switch between languages ​​on a show that's even more fun, Maddy, but I can't really start a sentence in English and then switch to Zulu, maybe skip to tomorrow or more and then it ended in Afrikaans and now in a

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where everyone is

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if you are the person who can speak one of the languages, you immediately have something that not many people publish in South Africa about apartheid. Universally identifiable themes were rare. He had an appetite for Trevor's accessible style of humor, but quickly remembered the complicated dynamics within the burgeoning comedy scene.

When he tried to break new ground with a one-man show, I was working on a film for my thesis in film school and it was just a comedy in South Africa in 2008, it was very new, it's still quite new in comparison. to everyone else, ICI stand-up and the film ended up being specifically about him in preparation for his first stand-up special in Johannesburg. Trevor has been in Calamba for two or three years and I wouldn't normally recommend a comedian do it. doing a one-man show at the stage of his career took me 20 years to get a star, that's the problem with young comedians.

I haven't learned comedy, I'm sure if you've been doing it for a long time, now you have this young man. He comes and likes to sell out the big theaters and he's definitely going to have a general resentment at the arrogance of this man proving that he's not a comedian as far as I'm concerned. I never think you should concentrate, don't let people tell you how fast or slow. you have to move forward in life because if you wait for people to tell you when it's your turn you'll never get it if you want to be great you have to take risks you have to do something other than the path you already know you have to do something that could end in a catastrophic failure, but you hope it doesn't and I think you know that when Trevor said, "Okay, I'm going to do this thing that could be a complete public disaster," it was exactly the kind of thing that I think you know that great achievers are willing to do it just a few weeks before the biggest opportunity of their lives.

Trevor faced the kind of tragedy that would jeopardize the future of his career. It was a really hot story to share, but I grew up in a household. where my mother remarried after my father, so you know I now had a stepfather and he was a man who suffered from your alcohol addiction and he became very abusive and that abuse culminated in my mother being shot in the head. miraculously it didn't damage any nerves it didn't affect his brain like the doctor said he said I hate to use this term because I'm a man of science but this was a miracle so go home and live your life without reservations, without regrets, you live you live, but once I know, I don't cry for the past.

I am very grateful and made peace with my past. It was an extremely traumatizing experience, not just for me and my family, for my younger siblings at the time, I think. One of the only reasons we got through it as strong as we did as a family was because my mom is a rock, you know, and she was constantly advising me and sitting with me, we'd talk about it, yeah, we don't lose who we're looking for. My mom got shot, she's the one basically, the man in the window, things need to keep going, things need to keep going, she's in the hospital and I was like, "I can't go." People laugh after this.

I say, "You know I have to do it." I have to relax with you and stuff, she said no, you need to celebrate your birthday and make money. I was like I forgot the money and she was like no, no, maybe now is a good time to tell you that I don't have healthcare, oh, maybe I should go out. and make some money in October 2009 with his path clearer than ever Trevor took to the stage for two nights of sold out shows and gave the performance of his life and then in the UK he performed at some backstage shows at the comedian we have. until halfway through the conversation he was like Trevor covered you have a weird Randy accent Trevor, I don't know how you would work but I think comedy is therapeutic for him and that's why he kept going and his mom was like don't let something like This prevents you from doing what you have to do.

No Nova nearby. I'm actually a black guy, don't say that's racist. Trevor, what the new kids call themselves now. He did extremely well because he united the country. everyone could relate to this person, he was telling everyone the story at the same time, he had such a natural talent that I thought here is a rocket and you were responding to these challenges, when they happen to us, there is a tremendous opportunity for growth, he said Nietzsche. what doesn't kill me makes me stronger and I've heard literally the same words come out of the mouths of people I've studied who exemplify passion and perseverance After the huge success of his one-man show, daywalker Trevor's career took off. and over the next few years, the world opened up to him as he traveled.

Trevor realized that what set him apart in his hometown would become his superpower as a comedian, his unique, global perspective, and as he focused on that, people began to pay attention to him. . We are always looking for correspondence contributors, people who like to excite his voices to present the program. We had seen Trevor, we called Jonathan and we just called John, and what a really good thing. What are people like who start in Africa? I understand this correct official wife. You always have to have these people on the fly. What's wrong with that fly? How do you get all five to try?

It's very difficult to get a price from that guy. That guy is going to take my chair. This was two years before Tonganoxie was sleeping and we were like. Which is just what's going on and no, no, I just want to say he's really good, he's got great stage presence, he's a really interesting voice and then it became the year that I tried to take on. At the time I was doing my UK tour. I got a cold. The voice said: Hi Trevor, this is Jon Stewart, a comedian from America and I said: Yes, I know who you are, it's a joke because this is a friend, he said, I saw your comedy.

I was wondering if you were interested in appearing, maybe trying to do so. work with us and I said, "oh man, I hate to tell you, but I'm busy," I said, I'm flattered, but I'm busy, do you really think that just because you didn't realize how big it was or was it because your heart Was it somewhere else? I think many times in life, when we pursue the dreams and goals of others, one day we stop and wonder why we are unhappy. I knew I loved to travel. I still do it. I enjoy doing stand-up, loved with all my life. heart and I wanted to make people laugh, so if I was doing that, why would I leave it to do something else?

John told me, I understand, God bless you, do me this favor when you're in New York, look for me and maybe you'll come. and say hello, I said thank you very much today, it's really not an offer like that, it sounds crazy, there are other examples of artists who have walked away from an incredible amount of money and exposure. Dave Chappelle, you know, is a very famous one, so I think Trevor probably had to get to that Jesus moment with the creator and understand that whatever was presented on that show would be something he could live with and not just walk away with. a lot of money without fully realizing it.

Trevor turned down an offer from one of the biggest names in American comedy, but eventually returned to the United States andpromised that he sought out John Stewart a year after trying to get him and he finally came to spend a day. She told us all about his stand-up and how he has to change his performance slightly for different countries. It was very interesting and every time we have a new collaborator from China we incorporate his voice into the program and how that voice sounds afterwards. honest ways John said that we both question the world and any pain, we come to similar conclusions using completely different methods.

That's something John and I always laugh about. Here you are in two different worlds and yet we have arrived at the same places we are. It is a pleasure to welcome our new contributor from South Africa, Mr. Trevor Noah Trevor thanks for joining. I have to be honest. Chum Africa is worried about you. They know what African mothers say to their children every day. Be grateful for what you have because there are four children dying of hunger in Mississippi shortly after finding their mother as a contributor to The. Daily Show Trevor's new boss dropped a bombshell.

Now 17 years is the longest I've ever had in my life. I held a job for 16 years and five months, it's time for someone else to have that opportunity and John tells everyone that he's leaving with the iv9 balls I knew. I was already done and like it was a very tiring job, but we had this moment where no one can make this shampoo. It could be John. I knew there was definitely a possibility. I know his work, which he had done very well for his collaborator and which I obtained. that call that he was you know, being considered well I was with him in Dubai when they had drunk too much now Trevor is the least drunk person in the world two glasses of wine a month type of person what could have happened?

The depressing kind, I thought, "You guys need to stop having so much fun, get your act together, oh yeah, by the way, I'm going to be the new host of The Daily Show. Okay, don't get yourself together because it's a party. A new host of The Daily Show, Mr. .Trevor Noah, why do you think they chose us because a reasonable person probably wouldn't have thought of you? I think because John is not a reasonable person, Trevor Noah will earn your trust and respect or not. I don't think a lot of people would look at this Jewish kid from New Jersey and think, oh, he's similar to a mixed-race South African kid, John, beyond that and say no, you remind me of myself.

I think it would be. the right one for the job with that endorsement from Jon Stewart Trevor found the confidence to take the reins of a pillar of American television and make it his own 2015 from Comedy Central's World News headquarters in New York. with Trevor Noah Before we start, I just wanted to say a few things first. Above all, I never dreamed that one day I would have two things: indoor bathrooms and a job hosting The Daily Show, and despite Trevor's optimism, industry critics expected him to fail, so when Trevor was announced, they were all in. things. mistakes or whatever he says like that he's not the guy, he's not funny, excited about all these things you expect, he went into a lion's den when he was named host of the Daily Show because so many people love Jon Stewart so much who was very different from Jon Stewart. and here was this new person who was American and they were still learning that the Mets made the playoffs.

I don't know what that is, but John told me it would work. I'll be like when the press did something bad and look at this article and he's like there's no shooting and I'm like trusted brands, I don't want them to say that about you and he's like we're having fun here, don't pay attention. I look back at it and it's like we had to get someone from another country who didn't know how much it would upset people that Jon Stewart was no longer on the show to ignore it and keep lying. They watch comedies all the time and when they unfold. next it was tailor made for Trevor's rise to start seeing what I have is a winning temperament ever winning you're early in the election season it could be Jeb it could be Jeff Hillary and he kept looking at Trump bothering no one that's the guy and we said no, it's not the guy, I was like bouncing guys, well, I remember the writers room in the state where he should look at me like I'm crazy, that he's good, that guy's idiots, it's a joke, he'll catch it in September like this. he's not the guy, this one's amazing, he's going to prepare for the apprentice like we all have all these theories and Trevor kept looking at him and said, "You know I've seen this before." What I'm trying to say is that Donald Trump is presidential.

In fact, once you realize that Trump is basically the perfect African president, you start to notice the similarities everywhere. Im very rich. I'm the one with the money. It would be us. I. all the time we will have many victories if they elect me, she called it crazy, none of us thought she was going to win and that African dictator, hers was one of the first things I thought, well, no one else is going to do this. headline, you know, and no one else will cover Tony's face, who knows that there is a really important cultural touchstone right now because this country is so

divided

, he and in many ways can be the voice of a slight outsider who can come to America in the 21st century and say like their president is really crazy and this is why I never realized that when it was happening, the shrimp, oddly enough, allowed me to do the show that I always I wanted to do to give the United States a broader vision from a global perspective in 20 years.

Will you be? I will never do that. Where do you see yourself now? That's what I asked myself. This is the fun part. This is the fun. Stop and enjoy this view. And stop and look at these trees and explore. You follow these steps and then when you arrive. to the top, that's just the cherry on top, that's the bonus, but this is it, this is where I see myself from time to time, in 20 years, you can ask me the same question and, for example, who are some of your heroes?, I mean me, the first time.

I saw a comedian who blew me away: Eddie Murphy, my friend said, Oh, you do stand-up comedy. I should bring you an Eddie Murphy on the DVD and I remember he brought me the war and that's what we gave you. Eddie when he was a kid was amazing. for me