Trevor Noah and Leon Schuster are being compared online. Images via Twitter: @omilly_n/@thedailyshow
‘Mr Bones 3’: Trevor Noah dragged into Schuster’s racism controversy
‘If Schuster benefitted from racism, then Trevor Noah did the same,’ said a tweep while discussing controversy around ‘Mr Bones 3’.
Trevor Noah and Leon Schuster are being compared online. Images via Twitter: @omilly_n/@thedailyshow
Leon Schuster’s Mr Bones 3 trailer was recently released and before the news kicked in, South Africans have already started complaining. Many have taken to social media where they discussed the racial undertones that often accompany Leon Schuster movies.
Soon Trevor Noah was also mentioned as people compared him to the famous comedian.
Leon Schuster catches smoke for ‘Mr Bones 3’
Many South Africans have voiced their concerns over Leon Schuster’s Mr Bones 3 movie which is set to be released in April 2022. The movie comes after people started criticising Schuster for capitalising on movies that ridicule black people.
Schuster also came under fire for his famous use of black face in some of his other works such as Mama Jack and Oh Schucks I’m Gatvol.
In June 2020, Showmax removed a number of his movies from the channel after citing that his content was “racially insensitive”. Just a few years before that, the comedian admitted that his blackface was racist while adding that he would no longer be using it for a comedic effect.
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Trevor Noah gets involved
Many South Africans have since said that if Leon Schuster is in the wrong for his material then Trevor Noah should be. This is because Trevor Noah has also made jokes about black people.
One Twitter user even went as far as saying that Trevor “benefitted from racism.”
Some of their comments:
@NJABZeN said:
“Dare I say, if Leon Schuster benefitted from racism, then Trevor Noah did the same.”
@ReaMokale said:
“Trevor is half black and half white and made jokes about his own struggles with race in society. Leon is a white dude in a black face mocking black people. There’s an immense difference between the 2.”
@KaitlinRawson said:
“Gonna take this moment to remind everyone that Leon Schuster profited off black face and instead of apologising said he was sorry he could not make another black face movie and also he is just not funny.”
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