Trevor Noah Has a Typically Nuanced Opinion on the Riyadh Comedy Festival

Trevor Noah Has a Typically Nuanced Opinion on the Riyadh Comedy Festival

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Someone in the audience at one of Trevor Noah’s stand-up shows asked what he thought about comedians performing in Saudi Arabia, and Noah - who often offers an insightful outside perspective as someone who grew up in South Africa - gave a typically nuanced answer.

It’s a 20-minute response, but the gist is this: Noah (who did not perform in Riyadh) said he would perform anywhere , yet found it troubling that a comedian would perform in Saudi Arabia - a country with serious human rights violations - and be paid by Saudi Arabia to do so. He drew a clear line between bringing comedy to Saudi Arabia and being paid by the Saudi royal family.

“When you know what Saudi Arabia is all