Comedy for change: Saturday Night Live’s Chris Redd

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This week the Cultural Frontline speaks to leading comedians and satirists around the world who use humour to question and expose, sometimes at risk to themselves. Tina is joined by the American stand-up and sketch comedian Chris Redd, a cast member of the iconic Saturday Night Live TV show. Chris talks about his impersonation of Kanye West meeting President Trump which went viral online, what he thinks of President Trump’s reaction to the show, and how he uses rap to highlight social issues like climate change. Amidst the ongoing political and economic crisis in Venezuela, one of the leading political satirists in the country, Luis Chataing, often referred to as the Venezuelan Jon Stewart, is using comedy to take on the policies of the Nicolas Maduro government. But a crackdown on dissent has made life difficult for comics. We hear why his popular weekly show was taken off air and why he now has to stream his show from Miami. Has a book, film, song, poem or artist ever changed your outlook on life? One of the rising stars of the Asian stand- up comedy scene, Singapore based Sam See, talks about the comedian who inspired him to change the way he approaches his stand up shows, while navigating the country’s red lines. And two of Uganda’s biggest comedians, Patrick Idringi AKA ‘Salvado’ and Akite Agnes, discuss the country’s booming stand-up scene and the hottest social issues and current affairs dominating the comedy circuit in Uganda. Presented by Tina Daheley Image: comedian Chris Redd. Credit: FilmMagic/Getty Images