The White House Correspondents’ Dinner recently took place, featuring a 65-minute set by Donald Trump. The set was met with a mixture of confusion, boredom, and shock from the audience. Trump‘s performance veered between rants about his proposed White ballroom and Iran, and attempts at jokes targeting Bruce Springsteen and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Analysis on The Daily Show
On Monday night’s episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart analyzed Trump‘s performance, identifying four main flaws with his delivery. These flaws included taking too long to introduce the first joke, changing the target of a roast joke halfway through, reading jokes as if for the first time, and expressing hatred in the middle of a joke, which Stewart believes takes away from the humor. Stewart also pointed out that traditionally, roasts work because they are aimed at people the speaker loves, and that expressing hatred during a joke can be off-putting.
Stewart continued to critique Trump‘s performance, stating that the only funny part of the jokes was watching the crowd’s reactions, which ranged from confusion to shock. He also noted that the audience seemed to be rethinking their decision to attend the event, which is not a desirable reaction from a comedy show audience.
Comparing Reactions
Stewart then played a game with his audience, showing photos from the postponed White House Correspondents’ Dinner and the one held last weekend, and asking them to guess which one was which. The game highlighted the similarity in reactions between the two events, with the audience struggling to distinguish between them. Stewart also referenced a previous incident where a gunman interrupted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, drawing a parallel between the audience’s reactions to that event and Trump‘s comedy set.
In conclusion, Donald Trump‘s 65-minute set at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was met with a negative reaction from the audience, and Jon Stewart provided a detailed analysis of the performance on The Daily Show. The analysis highlighted the importance of effective joke delivery and the impact of expressing hatred during a comedy set. The game played by Stewart also underscored the similarity in reactions between the two events, further emphasizing the challenges faced by Trump during his comedy set.
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