I suspect that if you're hiring a comedian, you're on a hiding to nothing. Many will have made some kind of "offensive" jokes that others find in poor taste at some period in their career - be that on Twitter, or captured on somebody's phone in some tiny comedy club somewhere.
I'm not defending a couple of those Tweets, but then in different countries there are cultural differences, and South Africa has been playing quite a bit of catch-up. On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > This is just bad vetting on somebody's part. I don't think his Tweets are > any worse than things posted by Norm McDonald, Colin Quinn, Gilbert > Gottfried, or countless other comics known for pushing buttons, but before > you hire a guy, you have to review his whole body of work. The internet > makes that easy to do, and it obviously was not done. A simple wording in > the original place release along the lines of, "Noah holds nothing back and > nobody is sacred; he's as quick to joke about Israel as he is to joke about > himself" would have minimized the impact. Now everybody is playing catch-up > and that rarely ends well. > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:50 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> And I should have read Kevin's link before replying. I figured CNN was >> just reporting on the Tweets, which is incorrect. >> David >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV <[email protected]> >> *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 31, 2015 3:47 PM >> >> *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] Trevor Noah named host of The Daily Show >> >> And CC has released a statement in support of Noah - >> http://www.ew.com/article/2015/03/31/comedy-central-defends-trevor-noah-after-twitter-controversy >> >> David >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Kevin M. <[email protected]> >> *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 31, 2015 3:44 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] Trevor Noah named host of The Daily Show >> >> Yeah, it has some legs >> >> >> http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/31/politics/trevor-noah-the-daily-show-jon-stewart-jews-israel-women/index.html >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 7:17 AM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> The shows are dark and Noah is performing in Oman tonight. CC or Noah may >> wait a while before saying anything. That may not be a good strategy, >> depending on whether this has legs. >> >> David >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Bob Jersey <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 31, 2015 10:11 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] Trevor Noah named host of The Daily Show >> >> >> Kevin M, to Diner, in part: >> >> FYI. People on the Tweety-thingy are already retweeting some less than >> politically correct Tweets by Noah, some might say racist. >> >> I'm not a fan of buzzfeed but it is easier to link to their aritcle than >> to copy and paste the direct links: >> >> >> TheWrap >> <http://www.thewrap.com/trevor-noah-already-under-fire-over-controversial-tweets-about-jews-women/> >> (link) had a couple of them as well. No comment from CC. >> >> B >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
