Video taking off 10x its usual first day

Trevor Noah's imaginary jury can't keep its reactions to itself

A stand-up Short about South Africans in an American courtroom is drawing roughly ten times his usual first-day audience.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 281,895 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (27,390).

The #1 Rule South Africans Would Instantly Break on a Jury

Trevor Noah plays the prosecutor, the judge and the juror who really should have stayed home. His courtroom routine starts with a simple comic premise: asking a South African to hear shocking evidence without reacting is asking too much.

In "The #1 Rule South Africans Would Instantly Break on a Jury," he imagines a trial involving a house fire and insurance money. The accusation draws an audible gasp from his juror, followed by a stern demand for silence. Then the prosecutor asks why the defendant's clothes smelled like gasoline, and Noah discovers that keeping your mouth shut doesn't necessarily mean keeping your reaction to yourself.

It's a stand-up scene, not footage of a real case. The joke moves from sound effects to exaggerated expressions and gestures, before Noah offers his technically accurate defense: "I didn't talk."

The Short has reached about 278,000 views in just under a day. Cultural translation is familiar territory for Noah: his accent routines and "How The British Took Over India" are among his channel's most-watched regular uploads.

Here, viewers are supplying their own soundtrack. Several spell out the interjections they would struggle to suppress; one says the instinctive response arrived before Noah even gave his examples.

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What viewers say

You can hear a “hayibo, awah, eish, weeh “ 😅
@G_RSASee it on YouTube
I already in my mind said “YOH” before he gave examples😂
@PalomideDinoSee it on YouTube
That's me -- DEFINITELY not a poker face on me!!!😲
@lifeandrandomness1868See it on YouTube

3 more comments

😂😂😂"I didn't talk"😂😂😂
@lilymkish5824See it on YouTube
I thought I was the only one who did that throat sound to scratch my ear
@LukeWatts85See it on YouTube
I'd be disqualified as well. hehe
@crystaldragon8211See it on YouTube

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