SAN FRANCISCO — Around midnight on Thursday in the Mission district here, Dave Chappelle was standing onstage in a converted church called the Chapel when a member of the packed audience yelled, “Why make a comeback?” Looking fit in a casual black shirt, Mr. Chappelle, a 39-year-old father of three, repeated the question, took a [...]
Trevor Noah, Healing South African Racial Rifts with Comedy
June 25, 2012 | Posted by
When the young South African comedian Trevor Noah took the stage on The Tonight Show earlier this year to deliver a five-minute set, Jay Leno and guest Glenn Close could be seen roaring in the background, echoing the studio audience that was eating out of Noah’s hand. It was a big moment: for the first [...]
