Upon hearing the news that South African comedian Trevor Noah would be replacing the legendary Jon Stewart as the host of Comedy Central’s flagship real but fake but hilarious The Daily Show, the Internet went whole controversy hog. The past few days have seen Noah […]
Damn! First Colbert, and now this? I feel like I’m about to come from a broken home… satirically speaking. Still, I guess it had to happen. After 17 years as the sharp-tongued host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, Jon Stewart looks set to finally […]
The departure of Stephen Colbert and The Colbert Report was always going to leave a huge hole in Comedy Central’s nighttime line-up of commentary and satire. They were going to need a big personality to fill that hole and, man, did they make a mistake […]
Maziar Bahari is a hero to me. I’m not much for heroes, heroism, folks who wrap themselves in flags or blind obedience in the name of the People’s Will as posited by any politician. Yet Bahari’s ‘life initiates art/art imitates life’ story really moved me. […]
