Trevor Noah: a Treat for Valentine’s Day
Amy Laufer, staff writer
Trevor Noah’s Loud and Clear tour visited the John Paul Jones Arena on Friday, Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day.
“It was a fun way to spend Valentine’s Day, not romantic, but he was hilarious,” according to event participant Leah Puryear.
Trevor Noah is the comedian talk show host of The Daily Show series on Comedy Central. The show focuses on current events with Trevor Noah giving comedic commentaries. According to the Comedy Central website, “Trevor Noah and The World’s Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.”
The live show did not disappoint; it was a fun night listening to current events through the lens of Noah. He began the set by joking about taking photographs with our phones everywhere we go.
“We don’t really print out the photos, and we fill up the storage of our phones with pictures and then we delete them,” said Noah.
He moved on to discuss emojis and evolution. He suggested that maybe the hieroglyphics are emojis and they actually represent an advanced culture. He also comments that we may be evolving backwards. Certainly when we drop our phones, we are willing to do whatever it takes to find it, namely walking on all fours.
Noah is originally from South Africa, and he often discusses politics with that background and experience in mind. He jokes about the current president being a bit of a show boat and reminds everyone that some countries in the world have similar style leaders. He eventually proposed that the US government is like an airplane and the president is the captain of the airplane. All the passengers really listen when the captain is speaking, and that is why it is important to have a captain that is articulate. He reminds us that we have had different pilots in the past and they all steer the plane in different directions.
He closed out the show by reminding everyone in attendance to vote in every election. He also said to remind our family and friends to do the same. Being a South African of African descent, he said, “It is very precious to have the right to vote, and when you lose it, it is very difficult if not impossible to get it back.”
He said, “All kidding aside, vote!”
