Meet Derek Fordjour – One of My Favorite People

遇见德里克·福特琼——我最喜欢的人之一

What Now? with Trevor Noah

2025-05-08

1 小时 47 分钟
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Interdisciplinary artist Derek Fordjour is one of Trevor’s Favorite People. The two discuss creating art, African diaspora, and assigning value within society. Above all else, they agree humans need storytelling.
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  • How do you know when something's finished?

  • I think there's a creeping feeling that you get where you're like, I'm not making this better.

  • You know, it's kind of like when you're in a barber's chair,

  • like the longer you're there, this guy can only remove hair.

  • Do you know what I'm saying?

  • Yeah, exactly.

  • You shouldn't be there too long.

  • It's like a moment that if you're like, it's been a while.

  • You want to look for a mirror.

  • So it's diminishing returns in a way.

  • Yeah, like there's a point where you're like, if I stay in this, it's not going to get better.

  • I'm sure you like write a joke and you're like, that's too many words.

  • I did too much to get there.

  • You know, it's enough.

  • Leave it.

  • There's like an instinct, right?

  • Yeah, mine I think is more, do I still feel this way?

  • Yeah, that's the same thing.

  • Yeah, that's more mine.

  • My guest on today's podcast is someone I'm lucky enough to call a friend and a human being who has achieved one of the hardest things in the world,