Trevor Noah made a joke about the war between India and Pakistan, but people are not amused

The life of blacks counts, as the hashtag says. And yes, they certainly do. Brown lives? Well, not so much apparently.

Trevor Noah, of the Daily Show, is certainly not the funniest host at the end of the night, but he is still very intelligent. Habitually. However, during a recent show, the South African comedian made a serious misstep.

During the regular news tour, Noah spoke of the tense situation that reigns between India and Pakistan as a result of the terrorist attack in Pulwama and the events that took place. followed. escalation of hostilities between the two countries. He then decided to shed light on the subject by saying that if India and Pakistan went to war, "it would be the most entertaining war of all time". Uh, what?
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#TheDailyShow #TrevorNoah 2 things. 1. This is not funny. It's pretty stupid. You're kidding about a pretty serious situation going on. 2. Do not understand humor. Second, no matter how insensitive you are, it's just a bad imitation. FU guy. https://t.co/XOZZznYDyF

– nishant suneja (@nsuneja) 1 March 2019

In a reference to Bollywood, he stated that Indian soldiers would surrender on the battlefield in singing and dancing, and pantomimed pulling them on the enemy while singing and dancing. To be fair, he and his editors have done legitimate research on the subject, singing it in Hindi, singing "auro ki life hard kar tu". It was a highlight. which makes the reference to war as entertainment even more annoying.

Noah is known to be a fan of Bollywood and, although we understand that it's a comedian job to look at the lighter side of things and extract the comedy from terrible circumstances, the war It's not an entertainment. It is a violent conflict in which people are killed, displaced and deeply affected in depressing ways.

Without wishing to be jingo, let's say that Bollywood was funny. He was therefore referring to the dance numbers, which would make it "the longest war of all time". But do you call the war "the most entertaining war" between two historically sour nations and nuclear power? Not cool.

Mocking our accents, joking about our often ostentatious cinema, all that is cool. Please do not refer to a situation in which people are dying as "entertainment". Our soldiers are not here to amuse the public, and our fellow citizens are not Star Trek extras whose death is simply a spectacle. All lives count. Thik hai?