Twitter commentator and critic, Daniel Regha has condemned the performance of famous comedian, Josh2funny on the America’s Got Talent stage.
In the now-viral video, Josh hilariously portrayed himself as the “Fastest Rapper in the World,” the “Fastest Reader in the World,” before concluding with being the “Best Magician in the World”.
His humorous introduction was then followed with a comedic performance that left the judges and audiences with mixed feelings of humour and disappointment.
The comedian eventually got some encouragement from Simon, a juror, who gave him some parting words: “I think you are very funny, making comedy, but it’s a NO.”
While many Nigerians hailed the comedian for appearing on the show, Daniel Regha who wasn’t pleased with the performance took to social media to lambast the funny man.
In a tweet on Wednesday morning, Regha noted that Nigerians always hype things out of sentiment. He averred that Joshfunny’s exhibition was a waste of time nor was it funny.
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In his words: “Nigerians will applaud anything as long as a Nigerian is getting the hype, & it’s beyond shamefu!. Josh misused the America’s Got Talent platform by wasting everyone’s time, which isn’t funny. Thousands audition each year but only a few get selected, so why waste the opportunity?”
Reacting to Daniel’s post, a tweep identified as @j_samdavid wrote: “I think you got it all wrong Daniel. What you watch wasn’t Josh funny auditioning for AGT. It was AGT contracting him monetary or otherwise to come re-act his YouTube talent show skit that people find funny for some reason. It was done for the sake of Tv ratings. However, I found it not to be a good skit as the judges failed at making it more realistic.
“Summarily, I think the AGT should be cancelled already cos it is no longer really about talent and has lasted more than it should have.”
@HRH_Ujuaku wrote: “Josh did misuse that opportunity, I agree. Heck he could’ve told one of his brilliant jokes.”
@Cryptodoccc_ wrote: “He got to where your talent cannot reach man. Come off it.”
@groovepapi, who also commented, wrote: “You’re wrong on this. He is a Man that went to show America his talent(comedy), but he did it in his own way and made the judges and everyone in the audience laugh. That’s a Man worthy of respect.”
Despite Daniel Regha’s criticism, some Nigerians have praised the content creator for performance while others are left with mixed feelings.
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@daniistrange7 said: “This guy went to another continent and one of the biggest talent haunt just to catch cruise. Nigerians are happy people. Josh is a legend and has taken Nigerian cruise to another unimaginable level.”
While commenting also, @ebenbravo04 said: “Obviously, comedy is subjective, and what might not be funny to one person could be hilarious to another. This is hilarious.”
@47kasz also commented: “Josh is crazily funny in a stupid way. Nothing they’ve not seen before and he kept coming back.”
@Tee_Classiquem1 also said: “One thing about Nigerians is they are always very supportive when one of their own is doing something great.
“See how everyone is supporting Josh2funny without discrimination. Its seems politics is the weapon that is fashioned against this country not to prosper.”
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