Wanda Sykes (Photo by Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix),left, and Wanda Sykes (Photo by Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix)
5 LGBTQ comedians qualified to take Trevor Noah’s seat
SARAH BRICKER HUNT | Q Syndicate
Trevor Noah, longtime host of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, has announced he is leaving the show after seven years, opening up an opportunity for a fresh voice to fill that influential role. In a tumultuous political climate where LGBTQ issues are the hot potato that terrible politicians love to bat back and forth, who better to provide pithy commentary than a queer comedian?
We nominate these five rising stars and veteran funny people.
Patti Harrison Jon Stewart laid the groundwork; Noah carried the torch, and Patti Harrison, the whip-smart, take-no-shit comedian (who got kicked off Twitter for hilariously impersonating Sia as Nilla Wafers — yes the cookies) would bring it home for a new generation.
At 31, Harrison is a vocal member of the young millennial and Gen Z generation and an out transwoman, which means she understands what’s at stake for her generation’s future and can speak powerfully against the recent alarming national political and social backslide into the 1950s.
She is also the comedian most likely to take the audience on Andy Kaufman-esque rides to unexpected places, something we can get behind.
Kate McKinnon Lesbian heroine Kate McKinnon is a no-brainer to replace Noah. The veteran SNL actor left that show this year after a decade playing a laundry list of audience favorites. But her tenure there might be most linked to her earnest, deeply funny impersonation of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. We’d love to see her drop some Ginsburns on some well-deserving political figures.
There’s more to McKinnon than her epic RBG
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