Day: March 25, 2017

My latest Humor In Hindsight column for Decider looks back at the start of Trevor Noah’s rapid rise through the stand-up comedy ranks, which began in his native South Africa. You Laugh But It’s True followed Noah at 25, directed and produced by David Paul Meyer (now a producer for Noah’s version of The Daily Show on Comedy Central) with Anthony Anderson as an executive producer. Here’s an excerpt from my column: Noah not only came up younger and hungrier for the big-time, but also now carrying the advantages as biracial and speaking several languages: Sotho, Afrikaans, Zulu, German,...