It aimed to discover what people had in common behind the facades of social convention, "to show modern man his true face", in the words of Otto Wagner, an architect.

它意在发现人们在各种社会习俗背后的共同之处，用建筑师奥托·瓦格纳的话说就是，“把人的真实一面展示给现代之人”。

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This way, he is trying to show you he is a confident man and simply true macho.

他想通过这种方式向你展示他是一个自信，有男子气概的人。

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Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, repent in action to show the true repentance of heart.

恶人当离弃自己的道路，不义的人当除掉自己的意念，以行为的悔改来证实心里的悔改。

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Noah's quick rise to success was documented in "You Laugh But It's True, " a film chronicling the days leading up to Noah's first one-man show in Johannesburg, in 2009.

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Yet the show feels faintly revolutionary, just because the man is black ridiculous but true, given the whiteness of late-night TV.

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