With no host for the 2019 Oscars, the awards show relied on their very talented presenters and interspersed musical moments to move the ceremony along. And the ceremony did seem to go off without a hitch, with comedians providing some much needed…
With no host for the 2019 Oscars, the awards show relied on their very talented presenters and interspersed musical moments to move the ceremony along. And the ceremony did seem to go off without a hitch, with comedians providing some much needed laughs along the way. But while viewers gushed over Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, and Maya Rudolph’s non-hosting Oscar opening monologue, it was actually Trevor Noah who had the best Oscars joke of the night — but not everyone understood it.
While presenting one of the Best Picture nominees for the night, Black Panther, Noah, who is from South Africa, told the audience how the movie has impacted his life. He joked that not only do his African friends say “Wakanda Forever” to him, but so do random people across the globe. He also got in a jab at Mel Gibson. But even that relatively daring joke wasn’t the best part of his speech.
“Growing up as a young boy in Wakanda, I would see T’Challa flying over our village,” Noah joked.
