Social media can make a good show great. Or social media can ruin something before it even begins. Just one day after being announced as the heir to Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show” Trevor Noah is in big trouble because his tweets, well, they stink.
My mom always told me that jokes should be funny, and his aren’t. A little misogyny goes a long way:
The problem, as many have noted, is that he’s just not funny. Kelsey McKinney at Vox writes:
Now, of course, Noah is not the first comedian to make jokes at the expense of vulnerable people. Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist, tweeted in response to the Noah tweets: “I’m not saying his old tweets are ok but I hope you are crawling through the tweets of a range of comedians. The results will be interesting.”
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“The Daily Show” host is already so unpopular that his debut is bound to be a social hit. His quick rise and fall is indicative of how personalities need to be careful about their digital presence. Fans are trolling YouTube to watch his (pretty funny) stand up. Netflix has a documentary about him or you can watch it on Vimeo for $1.99.
Maybe he’ll get funny before his premiere.