Tonight, we had the pleasure of watching Trevor Noah do his comedy monologue at Radio City Music Hall. After having come back from South Africa, as I’ve watched Trevor Noah on The Daily Show, I feel like in some silly way that I kind of “get” him and am even more familiar with his accent just because of the time I spent in his home country. It seems a little ridiculous, but I’ve seen his country, and I understand more about it now. I love that he gives a more global perspective as the host of The Daily Show. I loved Jon Stewart on it, of course, especially as a local New Yorker and the spin that gave to the show, but I think that Trevor Noah gives a perspective that is very much needed during today’s day and age  of xenophobia, anti-immigrant and Muslim sentiment, and the general miseducation on the U.S.’s standing when it comes to all major metrics across developed, “rich countries in the world.

The Daily Show‘s viewers dropped after Jon Stewart left and Trevor Noah took over, but clearly he’s been received well because of the awards he has won for his writing and work on the show, not to mention that in September of last year, he renewed his contract with Comedy Central to host, write, and produce the show for another five years. It makes me happy that Comedy Central is acknowledging that we need a new face and perspective, and that the American public who watches the show is also realizing this, as well.