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South africas new comedians find a nation eager for laughs this article is more than 7 years old trevor noah spearheads a generation of standups tackling politics, corruption and racism. We have come up with a list of the most popular african comedians. The stars were richard burton, elizabeth taylor, peter ustinov, and alec guinness. This is my first time to the tcm site so maybe im missing something, but i cant find when the movie the comedians is being shown. Two years later, they are back in south africa, working on a documentary about the standup comedy scene and how its bringing new means of. Thus, emerged artistic forms like video films, standup comedy and the. Author graham greene and director peter glenville appear in the film, as do actors.
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